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sending your key to one keyserver is like distributing it to them all. A correspondent can request your
public key from a from a keyserver, import that key to their keyring, and they are ready for secure
correspondence with you.
Tip
Because most keyservers are synchronized, sending your public key to one keyserver is usually as
good as sending it to them all. You can, however, locate different keyservers. One place to begin your
search for keyservers and more information is Keyserver.Net available at http://www.keyserver.net.
You can send your public key from either the shell prompt or from a browser; of course, you must be
online to send or receive keys from a keyserver.
From the shell prompt, type the following:
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gpg --keyserver search.keyserver.net --send-key you@example.com
From your browser, go to Keyserver.Net (http://www.keyserver.net) and select the option to add
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your own PGP public key.
Your next task is to copy and paste your public key into the appropriate area on the webpage. If you
need instructions on how to do that, use the following:
Open your exported public key file (such as mykey.asc, which was created in Section B.5
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Exporting your Public Key) with a pager — for example, use the
Using your mouse, copy the file by highlighting all the lines from the
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notations (see Figure B-1).
Paste the contents of the file mykey.asc into the appropriate area of the page on Keyserver.Net
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by middle-clicking with your mouse (or left- and right-clicking if you are using a two-button
mouse). Then select the Submit button on the keyserver page. (If you make a mistake, press the
Reset button on the page to clear your pasted key.)
Appendix B. Getting Started with Gnu Privacy Guard
command.
less mykey.asc
to
BEGIN PGP END PGP