Re: [PLUG] What keyserver to use?

[Jeff Abrahamson <jeff@purple.com>]

On Sat, Jul 05, 2003 at 06:34:49PM +0000, John Beck wrote:
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> Hi all,
> 
> I just generated a gpg key following the directions on the PLUG site.  In the 
> GPG Keysigning HOWTO, the last step says to send my key to a keyserver using 
> the command: gpg --keyserver <keyserver> --send-key <Your_Key_ID> 
> 
> My question is, if my key id is my email address, what information should I be 
> putting in the <keyserver> field?

You can put this in your ~/.gnupg/options file to avoid having to
specify it each time.

Mine says:

  keyserver wwwkeys.pgp.net
  # Gabe R recommends:
  #keyserver subkeys.pgp.net

I will let Gabe remark on the difference between wwwkeys and subkeys.
According to dig, sometimes they are the same host, sometimes not.

-- 
 Jeff

 Jeff Abrahamson  <http://www.purple.com/jeff/>
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