[CLUE-Tech] Gpg problem - Cannot connect keyserver

Vern Bradley Southern vbsouthern at access4less.net
Fri Jan 24 01:11:32 MST 2003


This is the problem. I can make a PGP PUBLIC KEY but I can't post it on 
a keyserver.

This is my source:
Red Hat Linux 8.0: The Official Red Hat Linux Customization Guide
Appendix B. Getting Started with Gnu Privacy Guard

I follow these instructions...

Generating a Keypair
gpg –gen-key
**works perfect**

Generating a Revocation Certificate
gpg --output revoke.asc –gen-revoke
**works perfect**

gpg --armor --export <you at yourisp.net> > mykey.asc
-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux)
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=/Vxu
-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
**works perfect**

[brad at localhost brad]$ gpg --keyserver search.keyserver.net --send-key 
vbsouthern at access4less.net

gpg: error sending to `search.keyserver.net': eof
[brad at localhost brad]$

When I try to post on the web site http://www.keyserver.net/en/ I get 
the error code

Server Message:
The keyring you have submitted is invalid
Please try again.

Any help would be greatly appreciated...




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