Unable to send key containing photogrtaphic ID

David Shaw dshaw@jabberwocky.com
Tue Jul 16 19:12:02 2002


On Tue, Jul 16, 2002 at 06:48:25PM +0200, R=FCdiger Kupper wrote:
> Hi.
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> Since I added a photographic ID to my public key, I am unable to send i=
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> to a key server (neither via 'gpg --send-keys' nor via a web interface.=
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> I use 'wwwkeys.de.pgp.net' as my preferred keyserver, but also tried=20
> 'blackhole.pca.dfn.de' (which I think is the same server), and=20
> www.keyserver.net.
> The web interfaces do reply "Error decoding keyblock".
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> Are keys containing photographic IDs in general not accepted by the key=
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> servers, or is there a problem with my specific key?

This is a general problem with HKP keyservers.  At this time, only the
LDAP keyservers understand photo IDs.  Try ldap://pgp.surfnet.nl:11370

David

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