[Q] Uploading my public key to a key server.

[Brian Minton]

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On Sat, May 10, 2003 at 10:21:28PM -0400, Daniel Carrera wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Alright, I have a brand-new 2048-bit ElGamal key and I want to
> upload it to a keyserver.  How do I do that?

gpg --keyserver some.key.server --send some-keyid

for instance, I did this: gpg --keyserver the.earth.li --send
57037472

In theory, the keyservers sync with each other, but I have had
some better luck sending my key manually to several keyservers.

See http://keyserver.kjsl.com/~jharris/keyserver.html for more
info.

> In which other ways do people usually advertise their public
> key?  I plan on starting to sign my emails, but that doesn't
> advertise my public key, does it?

Indirectly it does.  When you sign a message, the keyid of the
signing key is included in the signature. 

As for advertising it, many people put it in their email sig, on
their website, or in their .plan (don't worry if you don't know
what a .plan is :-]) 

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Brian Minton             |    OpenPGP fingerprint:     
brian@minton.name        |    81BE 3A84 A502 ABDD B2CC
http://brian.minton.name |    4BFD 7227 8820 5703 7472   
Live long, and prosper longer!       KeyID: 0x57037472
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