My public key -> http://www.keyserver.net

[Anthony David]

Felix Karpfen <felkarp@pcug.org.au> writes:

> Following the directions in the GPG Manual slavishly, I have
> successfully exported my public key (in ACII format) to a file.
> 
> The next step is to get it onto a Keyserver from which it can readily
> be copied by anyone interested.  http://www.keyserver.net appears to be
> admirably simple.  It displays an empty field and the instructions:

An easier method is to use
 
gpg --send-keys felkarp  --keyserver http://www.keyserver.net

that exports and uploads your public key automagically!

> 
> Select the key and chose `Copy'
> Paste into the field
> Press the `submit' button
> 
> Or words to that effect.
> 
> Could hardly be simpler.
> 
> However, when checking what has been created created by the `gpg
> --export' command, the file, apart from the block of ASCII characters,
> also contains the following lines:
> 
> -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
> Version: GnuPG v1.0.2 (GNU/Linux)
> Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org
> 
> < block of ASCII characters>
> 
> -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
>  
> My question is: 
> 
> Does everything get copied to http://www.keyserver.net or only the
> ASCII characters block?

Copy everything, the "ASCII armoring" will get stripped off.

> 
> I strongly suspect that the former alternative is correct and  `adding a
> key to the key-ring'  involves using what is needed from the
> submitted data and discarding the rest.  However, given the importance
> of getting it right first time round, I thought it worth a query.

I'm sure the keyserver will whinge if you make a mistake...:-)

Regards

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