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On Fri, 2005-03-11 at 03:11 -0800, Robin H. Johnson wrote: |
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> On Fri, Mar 11, 2005 at 12:41:31PM +0200, Martin Schlemmer wrote: |
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> > > I know all of these servers are up to date: |
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> > > wwwkeys.pgp.net [all 10 servers] |
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> > > subkeys.pgp.net [all 5 servers] |
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> > > pgp.mit.edu |
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> > > keyserver.kjsl.com |
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> > > the.earth.li |
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> > > |
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> > > The expiry date of my key should be 2008-03-09. If it's older than this, you |
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> > > have an old copy of my key. |
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> > [screenshot of pgp.mit.edu not having my key] |
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> Ah, that explains it. I sign my email with a specific subkey. I use |
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> another subkey for Gentoo ebuild signing. I have a few other subkeys for |
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> other purposes, and using subkeys you can still preserve your identity, |
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> while being able to change the actual key hash you use for doing things. |
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> pgp.mit.edu doesn't supported subkeys. Only four servers in |
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> wwwkeys.pgp.net rotation are sub-key capable. |
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> All of subkeys.pgp.net, keyserver.kjsl.com, the.earth.li are sub-key |
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> capable, and behave correctly. |
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> |
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> keyserver.net used to be decent and support subkeys, but they were |
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> bought out by veredis and the service has gone badly downhill. |
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> I've posted my latest key up here: |
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> http://www.orbis-terrarum.net/robbat2-gnupg-key-with-subkeys.gpg |
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> Import it, and see if your mail clients still complain. |
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Changed the keyserver fixes it as well - ps, can you specify more than |
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one keyserver line, or more than one server per line ? The manual do |
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not seem to touch that ... |
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Martin Schlemmer |
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Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop/System Team Developer |
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Cape Town, South Africa |
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