[Q] Sending a key to a keyserver

[David Shaw]

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On Sun, May 11, 2003 at 06:15:46PM -0400, Daniel Carrera wrote:
> > gpgkeys: LDAP fetch for: (pgpkeyid=3D0FEBCEC3)
> > gpgkeys: requesting key 0x0FEBCEC3 from ldap://keyserver.pgp.com
> >=20
> > User ID:        Daniel Carrera (PhD Student, Math) <dcarrera@math.umd.e=
du>
> > Short key ID:   0FEBCEC3
> >=20
> > Presumably Neil was looking on one of the HKP keyservers.  The LDAP
> > keyserver don't sync very well (if at all) with the HKP keyservers.
>=20
> Alright, I guess it's getting distributed how.  I successfully added it t=
o=20
> keyserver.kjsl.com and pgp.mit.edu the way Manuel Samper showed me.
>=20
> When I try to add it to the LDAP servers gpg just hangs.  I've tried with=
=20
> keyserver.pgp.com and pgp.surfnet.nl.  Here is my command-line:
>=20
> gpg --keyserver keyserver.pgp.com --send-key 0x0FEBCEC3
>=20
> Am I doing something wrong?

  gpg --keyserver ldap://keyserver.pgp.com --send-key 0x0FEBCEC3
                  ^^^^^^^

If you don't specify a scheme (ldap, mailto, etc), then GnuPG assumes
"hkp://"

> Also, what are LDAP and HKP severs?

Two different keyserver protocols, each with their own good and bad
points.

David

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