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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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