Re: pgp keys

["Mark M." <markm@voicenet.com>]

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On Thu, 4 Apr 1996 jpps@voicenet.com wrote:

> Is there a reliable method for obtaining the pgp public key for an
> arbitrary email address? elm-2.4pl24pgp3 does a logical join on my local
> alias and keyring files; what I'm looking for is a way for my mua/mta to
> obtain keys I do not have.
>
> I've caught some of the discussion on key servers, and noted some
> people's use of their signature, plan, or home page to distribute their
> keys.  Are some combination of these suitable today? Is there a
> parseable convention in use for extracting keys from mail/finger/html?
> Is there a "get_keyd" floating about?

Mkpgp does what you describe.  You can get it by sending mail to slutsky@
lipschitz.sfasu.edu with a subject of "mkpgp".  As for extracting keys from
finger info or a web page, you can just run pgp on a file containing the
user's homepage or .plan file.  On Unix, a command like "finger user@host.
domain | pgp -kaf" will work.  Basically a combination of fingering the user
and querying the key servers will work most of the time.

- -- Mark

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