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1.1     ! root        1: PGP Public Keyservers
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        !             3: 
        !             4: There are PGP public key servers which allow one to exchange public
        !             5: keys running through the Internet and UUCP mail systems.
        !             6: 
        !             7: NOTE!
        !             8: 
        !             9: This service is NOT supported in any way whatsoever by the schools or
        !            10: organizations on which these servers run.  It is here only to help
        !            11: transfer keys between PGP users.  It does NOT attempt to guarantee
        !            12: that a key is a valid key; use the signators on a key for that kind of
        !            13: security.  This service can be discontinued at any time without prior
        !            14: notification.
        !            15: 
        !            16: Each keyserver processes requests in the form of mail messages.  The
        !            17: commands for the server are entered on the Subject: line.
        !            18: 
        !            19:        To: [email protected]
        !            20:        From: [email protected]
        !            21:        Subject: help
        !            22: 
        !            23: Sending your key to ONE server is enough.  After it processes your
        !            24: key, it will forward your add request to other servers automagically.
        !            25: 
        !            26: For example, to add your key to the keyserver, send a message similar
        !            27: to the following to any server:
        !            28: 
        !            29:        To: [email protected]
        !            30:        From: [email protected]
        !            31:        Subject: add
        !            32: 
        !            33:        -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
        !            34:        Version: 2.2
        !            35: 
        !            36:        <blah blah blah>
        !            37:        -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
        !            38: 
        !            39: COMPROMISED KEYS:  Create a Key Revocation Certificate (read the PGP
        !            40: docs on how to do that) and mail your key to the server once again,
        !            41: with the ADD command.
        !            42: 
        !            43: Valid commands are:
        !            44: 
        !            45: Command                      Message body contains
        !            46: ---------------------------- -------------------------------------------------
        !            47: ADD                          Your PGP public key (key to add is body of msg)
        !            48: INDEX                        List all PGP keys the server knows about (-kv)
        !            49: VERBOSE INDEX                List all PGP keys, verbose format (-kvv)
        !            50: GET                          Get the whole public key ring
        !            51: GET userid                   Get just that one key
        !            52: MGET regexp                  Get all keys which match /regexp/
        !            53: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        !            54: 
        !            55: Examples for the MGET command:
        !            56: 
        !            57:         MGET michael         Gets all keys which have "michael" in them
        !            58:         MGET iastate         All keys which contain "iastate"
        !            59:         MGET F605A5|3A738B   Those two keyid's
        !            60: 
        !            61: 
        !            62: As of 28-Feb-93, these sites are running this system:
        !            63: 
        !            64: Internet sites:
        !            65:        [email protected]
        !            66:                Michael Graff
        !            67:                [email protected]
        !            68:                FTP: tbird.cc.iastate.edu:/usr/explorer/public-keys.pgp
        !            69:        [email protected]
        !            70:                Derek Atkins
        !            71:                [email protected]
        !            72:                FTP: toxicwaste.mit.edu:/pub/keys/public-keys.pgp
        !            73:        [email protected]
        !            74:                John Perry
        !            75:                [email protected]
        !            76:                FTP: phil.utmb.edu:/pub/pgp/public-keys.pgp
        !            77:        [email protected]
        !            78:                Mark Turner
        !            79:                [email protected]
        !            80:                FTP: ftp.demon.co.uk:/pub/pgp/pubring.pgp (Updated daily)
        !            81: 
        !            82: UUCP site:
        !            83:        [email protected]
        !            84:                John Perry
        !            85:                [email protected]
        !            86: 
        !            87: Check the Usenet newsgroup alt.security.pgp for updates to this system
        !            88: and for new sites.
        !            89: 
        !            90: --Michael <[email protected]>

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