Using the "preferred keyserver URL" in GnuPG 1.4

[David Shaw]

On Tue, Dec 21, 2004 at 03:19:57AM -0500, Todd wrote:
> David Shaw wrote:
> > GnuPG 1.4 adds a new "preferred keyserver" feature, that lets you
> > include a URL with your key and/or with signatures you issue to help
> > the recipient know where and how to get your key.
> 
> This is a damn cool feature.  Thanks for adding it!
> 
> I have a few questions about it after poking around with it briefly.
> 
> > To add a URL to your key, follow these steps:
> >
> > 1) gpg --edit-key (yourkey)
> > 2) keyserver (yoururl)
> > 3) save
> 
> Doing this, I was surprised to find that the revoked user ids on my
> key were now not shown as revoked.  I'm guessing that's due to the new
> signature added when the preferred keyserver was added?  I ended up
> selecting the non-revoked user ids and then using the keyserver
> command.  Is this the intended way to go about things?  It seemed
> rather unintuitive at first glance.

Different result, but underneath it's the same bug that Simon
Josefsson saw.  Try the patch I just sent to the list.

> > The URLs can be:
> [...]
> >   http for a file on the web
> >       for example: http://www.jabberwocky.com/key.asc
> 
> I tried using a pobox.com URL.  When I tested it I received this
> message from gpg:
> 
>     Key available at: http://www.pobox.com/~tmz/pgp/tmz.asc
>     requesting key D654075A from http server www.pobox.com
>     no valid OpenPGP data found.
>     requesting key D654075A from hkp server subkeys.pgp.net
> 
> Again I'm just guessing, but I figure it's because pobox.com redirects
> to where my current ISP gives me some webspace.  I'd like to be able
> to put a preferred keyserver url in my key and signatures that won't
> change often, hence the pobox.com url would be nice to use.  Is it a
> conscious decision not to follow redirects or just a limitation of the
> gpg http code (or a complete misunderstanding on my part, hehe)?

Good guess - it is indeed that the http code does not follow
redirects.  I have to think about how best to handle this.

David