On Thu, 2005-10-13 at 13:26 -0500, Tad Marko wrote: > If someone creates a key that LOOKS like I created it (my name and > email address) and uploads it to the keyservers, how can I either get > rid of it or somehow flag my own key in such a way that it is clear > which is the real one?
You can't. That's like asking how you can stop other people from printing out badges that say "I am Tad Marko" and pinning them to their shirts. Besides, if you could do that, what would stop someone else from deleting YOUR key off of the keyserver or flagging THEIR key as the real Tad Marko? It sounds like your real concern is how you can stop your friends from inadventently getting the wrong key and accidentally encrypting messages to someone pretending to be you. GPG and PGP don't care about names -- they only care about public keys. If you want someone to be able to send a message to the right person, you need to make sure they're encrypting it with the right public key. You do this by telling them your key's signature before they go looking on the keyserver. Eric _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
