Curious about public keys and keyservers.

[Jean-David Beyer]

David Shaw wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> Hash: SHA1
> 
> On Wed, Jul 02, 2003 at 07:20:03AM -0400, Jean-David Beyer wrote:
> 
>>I recently tried to upload my public key, and it seems to have worked.
>>
>>But when I did:
>>
>>valinux:jdbeyer[~]$ gpg --export --armor Whimsey
>>
>>I got:
>>
>>-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
>>Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux)
>>
>>mQGiBDusCNwRBAC3+jP8KebZBtVvVJs5NG9EhAmPDEzToMF/RfKe2J9AMbm8ckn3
>>[snip]
>>pgmsXaK9wirCAuTofwsAwv38dg==
>>=dIrq
>>-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
>>
>>I then uploaded it and the keyservers have:
>>
>>-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
>>Version: SKS 1.0.4
>>
>>mQGiBDusCNwRBAC3+jP8KebZBtVvVJs5NG9EhAmPDEzToMF/RfKe2J9AMbm8ckn3aLoFre1B
>>[snip]
>>wirCAuTofwsAwv38dg==
>>=73sB
>>-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
>>
>>Everything except the =dIrq and the =73sB at the end is the same.
> 
> 
> Are you sure they are the same all the way through?  It's easy to miss
> a few digit differences in the middle of a long armor block.
> 
> David
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
> Version: GnuPG v1.2.3rc1 (GNU/Linux)
> Comment: Key available at http://www.jabberwocky.com/david/keys.asc
> 
> iD8DBQE/AuLm4mZch0nhy8kRAjQ1AKCvL4JCgYejJ5XFJyG8NmGWJOmYewCfYQH0
> 4s5P/+QOhqrVaD5IDv30tZ0=
> =f6eo
> -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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OK: they are not quite the same, but why does theirs not quite agree?

Here is

valinux:jdbeyer[~/.gnupg]$ diff myKey theirKey
2c2
< Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux)
---
 > Version: SKS 1.0.4
14,17c14,17
< eWVyQGpkYmV5ZXIuZXhpdDEwOS5jb20+iFcEExECABcFAjutP3gFCwcKAwQDFQMC
< AxYCAQIXgAAKCRA+27Zemi/JmvthAJ9ak3nke4KuWaH+v1/K/hy/2VLEHgCeOecf
< n75Gpw2MoWnzlRzWi8g4eaSIRgQTEQIABgUCPwBkeQAKCRBNN8YtRn+/fSELAKCH
< JOqRvQwt+tgWXiuK19NY6n3ZfACePgJ5zDqSJv4LCqmwvueonKdkQCm5AQ0EO6wI
---
 > eWVyQGpkYmV5ZXIuZXhpdDEwOS5jb20+iEYEExECAAYFAj8AZHkACgkQTTfGLUZ/
 > v30hCwCghyTqkb0MLfrYFl4ritfTWOp92XwAnj4Cecw6kib+CwqpsL7nqJynZEAp
 > iFcEExECABcFAjutP3gFCwcKAwQDFQMCAxYCAQIXgAAKCRA+27Zemi/JmvthAJ9a
 > k3nke4KuWaH+v1/K/hy/2VLEHgCeOecfn75Gpw2MoWnzlRzWi8g4eaS5AQ0EO6wI
51c51
< =dIrq
---
 > =73sB
These guys seem to have it right (I pasted mine into their window), but 
these guys
hthttp://sks.dnsalias.net:11371/pks/lookup?search=whimsey&op=vindextp://sks.dnsalias.net:11371/pks/lookup?search=whimsey&op=vindex
have it wrong; I uploaded it with

gpg --send-key Whimsey


keyserver hkp://sks.dnsalias.net

is in my .gnupg/options file.

Could they both be right?

Is there a bug in gpg --send-key?

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