Key server software written by Michael Graff <explorer@iastate.edu>
Current version: 2.4 1995/01/13 09:35:25
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This service exists only to help transfer keys between PGP users. It does not attempt to guarantee that a key is a valid key; use the signatures on a key for that kind of security.
Each keyserver processes requests in the form of mail messages.
The commands for the server are entered on the Subject:
line.
Note that they should not be included in the body of the message.
To: pgp-public-keys@keys.pgp.net From: johndoe@some.site.edu Subject: helpSending your key to one server is enough. After it processes your key, it will forward your add request to other servers automagically.
For example, to add your key to the keyserver, or to update your key if it is already there, send a message similar to the following to any server:
To: pgp-public-keys@keys.pgp.net From: johndoe@some.site.edu Subject: add -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6 blah blah blah -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----Compromised keys: Create a Key Revocation Certificate (read the PGP docs on how to do that) and mail your key to the server once again, with the
ADD
command.
Valid commands are:
Command Message body contains ---------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ADD Your PGP public key (key to add is body of msg) INDEX List all PGP keys the server knows about (-kv) VERBOSE INDEX List all PGP keys, verbose format (-kvv) GET Get the whole public key ring (split) GET userid Get just that one key MGET regexp Get all keys which match /regexp/ regexp must be at least two characters long LAST days Get the keys updated in the last `days' days ------------------------------------------------------------------------Examples for the
MGET
command:
MGET michael Gets all keys which have "michael" in them MGET iastate All keys which contain "iastate" MGET E8F605A5|5F3E38F5 Those two keyid'sOne word about regexps: These are not the same as the wildcards Unix shells and MSDOS uses. A * isn't ``match anything'' it means ``match zero or more of the previous character'' like:
a.*
matches anything beginning with an a
ab*c
matches ac, abc, abbc, etc.
MGET .*
'' -- use ``GET
'' instead.
Note on the ``GET
'' command: If at all possible, ftp the keyring from a
server such as
ftp.pgp.net:pub/pgp/keys rather than using the ``GET
''
command to return the whole ring. Currently, this ring comes out to be
over 50 files of 52k each. This is a lot of files, and a lot of bother
to get in the right order to run through PGP.
Users should normally use the email address `pgp-public-keys@keys.pgp.net' or your national servers using one of:
Users are recommended to use the "*.pgp.net" addresses above as these are stable and reliable.