gpg --recv-key option

[Kevin D. Knerr, Sr.]

On 25 Mar, L. Sassaman wrote:
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> On Sat, 25 Mar 2000, Kevin D. Knerr, Sr. wrote:
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>> Seems to me that Frank has put his virtual finger on the crux of the
>> issue: How *do* you know which to choose? Even if GnuPG presented the
>> possible matches to the user, the only thing that's gained is not
>> hopping to the web browser.
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> There's this little thing called the key fingerprint...

But doesn't that become useful *after* you've retrieved the key from the
server? I thought the original question was about identifying which keys
to retrieve, not confirming the validity of the key after you've
retrieved it.

Barthel
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