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Please note that wwwkeys.pgp.net has the HKP protocol bug. That is to say |
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that the keyserver will irrevocably hose certain GnuPG keys, those having |
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multiple subkeys. |
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There is no fix. There is no way to make a corrupted key work again. |
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GnuPG versions greater than 1.0.6 will attempt to make the corrupted keys |
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usable again, but it can only go so far. |
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The ONLY fix for this problem seems to be use of a non-broken key server |
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protocol. GnuPG supports one, LDAP, but this support is currently |
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optional and not enabled by default, so most people can't use it. To fix |
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this, re-merge app-crypt/gnupg with ldap in your USE flags. |
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Highly recommend that LDAP become non-optional for GnuPG since bascially |
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ALL HKP servers corrupt valid keys, the email servers don't support |
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OpenPGP, and the LDAP servers happen to actually work right, amazingly |
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enough. |
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The most common LDAP server, at the moment, is ldap://keyserver.pgp.com. |
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Joseph Carter <knghtbrd@×××.org> Random sig du jour |
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<Mercury> LordHavoc: I'm already insane. |
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<Coderjoe> damn straight. or curvy, crooked, or what have you |
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