on Sat, Nov 11, 2000 at 05:17:43PM -0500, Mike (reznaeous@earthlink.net) wrote: > kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > Question for the gallery: Is there a good method for checking a local > > keyring against a public keyserver to find updates and/or additional > > signatures. The best I can do right now is list the key IDs I've got > > and do a 'gpg --recv-keys' to update this list. > > From my ~/.gnupg/options: > > # GnuPG can import a key from a HKP keyerver if one is missing <..> > keyserver wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net > > That lets my system query a keyserver anytime a new key comes along, > whether it be a signed email or whatever. This is how I've gotten all > but a very few of the keys used on this list, including yours if I > remember correctly. This isn't the problem. I've got the same configuration in my .gnupg/options file. I've got 400+ keys. What I'd like to do is update any signatures, revocations, or expiry date changes for these keys. The gpg --recv-keys command I'm running right now (see prior post) is the only way I can think of to update this key data. It appears to be working, but it's not the cleanest process. There are two general problems with a public key infrastructure: - Key distribution (the 'keyserver' line handles this). - Key modification updates. The second is the problem I'm tryin to resolve. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://www.netcom.com/~kmself Evangelist, Zelerate, Inc. http://www.zelerate.org What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org
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