--- pgp/doc/keyserv.doc 2018/04/24 16:39:43 1.1 +++ pgp/doc/keyserv.doc 2018/04/24 16:42:45 1.1.1.4 @@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ PGP Public Keyservers There are PGP public key servers which allow one to exchange public keys running through the Internet and UUCP mail systems. +The information below is OUT OF DATE, and the release of PGP 2.6 +will cause a great deal of upheaval, especially in the U.S. +The command reference is the most useful part. + + NOTE! This service is NOT supported in any way whatsoever by the schools or @@ -16,25 +21,25 @@ notification. Each keyserver processes requests in the form of mail messages. The commands for the server are entered on the Subject: line. - To: pgp-public-keys@junkbox.cc.iastate.edu - From: johndoe@some.site.edu - Subject: help + To: pgp-public-keys@pgp.mit.edu + From: johndoe@some.site.edu + Subject: help Sending 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, send a message similar -to the following to any server: +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@junkbox.cc.iastate.edu - From: johndoe@some.site.edu - Subject: add + To: pgp-public-keys@pgp.mit.edu + From: johndoe@some.site.edu + Subject: add - -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- - Version: 2.2 + -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- + Version: 2.5 - - -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- + + -----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, @@ -42,15 +47,16 @@ 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 -GET userid Get just that one key -MGET regexp Get all keys which match /regexp/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +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 +GET userid Get just that one key +MGET regexp Get all keys which match /regexp/ +LAST days Get the keys updated in the last `days' days +------------------------------------------------------------------------ Examples for the MGET command: @@ -59,32 +65,56 @@ Examples for the MGET command: MGET F605A5|3A738B Those two keyid's -As of 28-Feb-93, these sites are running this system: +As of 24-Apr-93, these sites are running this system: Internet sites: - pgp-public-keys@junkbox.cc.iastate.edu - Michael Graff - explorer@iastate.edu - FTP: tbird.cc.iastate.edu:/usr/explorer/public-keys.pgp - pgp-public-keys@toxicwaste.mit.edu - Derek Atkins - warlord@MIT.EDU - FTP: toxicwaste.mit.edu:/pub/keys/public-keys.pgp - pgp-public-keys@phil.utmb.edu - John Perry - perry@phil.utmb.edu - FTP: phil.utmb.edu:/pub/pgp/public-keys.pgp - pgp-public-keys@demon.co.uk - Mark Turner - mark@demon.co.uk - FTP: ftp.demon.co.uk:/pub/pgp/pubring.pgp (Updated daily) + pgp-public-keys@pgp.mit.edu + Derek Atkins + warlord@MIT.EDU + FTP: toxicwaste.mit.edu:/pub/keys/public-keys.pgp + public-key-server@pgp.ai.mit.edu or + pgp-public-keys@pgp.ai.mit.edu + Brian LaMacchia + public-key-server-request@martigny.ai.mit.edu + http://www-swiss.ai.mit.edu/~bal/pks-toplev.html + pgp-public-keys@pgp.iastate.edu + Michael Graff + explorer@iastate.edu + FTP: pgp.iastate.edu:/usr/explorer/public-keys.pgp + pgp-public-keys@demon.co.uk + Mark Turner + mark@demon.co.uk + FTP: ftp.demon.co.uk:/pub/pgp/pubring.pgp (Updated daily) + pgp-public-keys@fbihh.informatik.uni-hamburg.de + Vesselin V. Bontchev + bontchev@fbihh.informatik.uni-hamburg.de + FTP: ftp.informatik.uni-hamburg.de:/pub/virus/misc/pubkring.pgp + pgp-public-keys@pgp.ox.ac.uk + Paul Leyland + pcl@ox.ac.uk + pgp-public-keys@dsi.unimi.it + David Vincenzetti + vince@dsi.unimi.it + FTP: ghost.dsi.unimi.it:/pub/crypt/public-keys.pgp + pgp-public-keys@kub.nl + Teun Nijssen + teun@kub.nl + pgp-public-keys@ext221.sra.co.jp + Hironobu Suzuki + hironobu@sra.co.jp + pgp-public-keys@sw.oz.au + Jeremy Fitzhardinge + jeremy@sw.oz.au + pgp-public-keys@io.com + Sysop: pgpkeys@wasabi.io.com + FTP: wasabi.io.com:/pub/pgpkeys + pgp-public-keys@kiae.su + blaster@rd.relcom.msk.su UUCP site: - pgp-public-keys@jpunix.com - John Perry - perry@jpunix.com + pgp-public-keys@jpunix.com + John Perry + perry@jpunix.com Check the Usenet newsgroup alt.security.pgp for updates to this system and for new sites. - ---Michael