Marc Schwartz wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-10-31 at 22:35 -0500, Joe W. Byers wrote:
>   
>> Marc Schwartz wrote: 
>>     
>>> On Wed, 2007-10-31 at 22:04 -0500, Joe W. Byers wrote: 
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> The readme file on the cran website for linux EL5 contains the following
>>>> RPMS for Red Hat Enterprise Linux created by Bob Kinney
>>>> <rhel_cran@hmdc.harvard.edu>.  The RPMS are signed with the following
>>>> key available from pgp.mit.edu
>>>>
>>>> Type bits /keyID    Date       User ID
>>>> pub  1024D/99B62126 2004/11/18 HMDC Linux Support 
>>>> <linux_support@latte.harvard.edu>
>>>>
>>>> I went ot pgp.mit.edu and could not find the key.
>>>>
>>>> Any suggestions?
>>>>
>>>> Have a Happy Halloween all.
>>>>
>>>> Joe
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> Joe,
>>>
>>> How did you search?
>>>
>>> Using gpg:
>>>
>>> $ gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --search-keys
>>> "linux_support@latte.harvard.edu"
>>> gpg: searching for "linux_support@latte.harvard.edu" from hkp server
>>> pgp.mit.edu
>>> (1)     HMDC Linux Support <linux_support@latte.harvard.edu>
>>>           1024 bit DSA key 99B62126, created: 2004-11-18
>>> Enter number(s), N)ext, or Q)uit > 1
>>> gpg: requesting key 99B62126 from hkp server pgp.mit.edu
>>> gpg: key 99B62126: public key "HMDC Linux Support
>>> <linux_support@latte.harvard.edu>" imported
>>> gpg: Total number processed: 1
>>> gpg:               imported: 1
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Using the web site with the e-mail address as the search string:
>>>
>>> http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?search=linux_support%40latte.harvard.edu&op=vindex&fingerprint=on
>>>
>>>
>>> Public Key Server -- Verbose Index ``linux_support@latte.harvard.edu ''
>>> Type bits /keyID    Date       User ID
>>> pub  1024D/99B62126 2004/11/18 HMDC Linux Support <linux_support@latte.harvard.edu>
>>>      Key fingerprint = 352A C4ED 6B3C C121 53FA  61AE C8E0 D236 99B6 2126
>>> sig        99B62126             HMDC Linux Support <linux_support@latte.harvard.edu>
>>>
>>>
>>> HTH,
>>>
>>> Marc Schwartz
>>>
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>> I just used the search engine with HMDC and 99B.  I also went to the
>> full list and looked by date as well as the two searches.  I could
>> have just completely missed it.  I think I searched linux as well.
>>
>> I did not turn verbose on  though.  
>>
>> Sorry about this.
>>
>> Joe
>>     
>
> You cannot search using just part of the Key ID. Also, if you want to
> search on the Key ID, which is of course a hex number, you need to
> prefix it with '0x'.  So:
>
> http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?search=0x99B62126&op=index
>
> Public Key Server -- Index ``0x99B62126 ''
> Type bits /keyID    Date       User ID
> pub  1024D/99B62126 2004/11/18 HMDC Linux Support <linux_support@latte.harvard.edu>
>
>
> You can however search using part of the User ID:
>
> http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?search=HMDC&op=index
>
> Public Key Server -- Index ``HMDC ''
> Type bits /keyID    Date       User ID
> pub  1024D/99B62126 2004/11/18 HMDC Linux Support <linux_support@latte.harvard.edu>
>
>
> HTH,
>
> Marc
>
>
>   
Thank you very much,  I just need to import it later this week.

Joe


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