GPG on different machines

Stefan Suurmeijer stefan@symbolica.nl
Mon, 31 Jul 2000 10:39:53 +0200 (CEST)


On Sun, 30 Jul 2000, Subba Rao wrote:


>
> I have installed GPG on 2 different machines. The different user accounts on these
> machines are identical. Very likely, I plan to have 2 sets of keys for each user account,
> one for each machine. Are there any good practices regarding the number of keys a user
> may have?
>
A lot of users have two, one at work and one private for instance. There are no rules. But a different key for each machine seems a bit much. I'd have to have dozens of keys. Help.
> Once the keys are generated, where do I keep the public key? Is there a public
> server for the GPG public keys?
>
There are public keyservers, like horowitz.surfnet.nl, pgpkeys.mit.edu, wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net. If you look in ~/.gnupg/options, you will find a field "keyserver." Just use one of these servers in that field and export your keys.
> Thank you in advance.
> --
>
> Subba Rao
> subb3@attglobal.net
> http://pws.prserv.net/truemax/
>
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