maybe I'm not explaining it well. I was able to import a public key using:
gpg --keyserver hkps://keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys fingerprint* the fingerprint was provided to me by the intended recipient via their profile page. the profile page also displayed the pgp public key block when i compared the imported pgp public key block (which I obtained using the import command and the provided fingerprint) to the displated pgp public key block, they didn't match shouldn't they match? thank you On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 8:34 AM Ingo Klöcker <kloec...@kde.org> wrote: > > On Donnerstag, 16. Dezember 2021 12:52:28 CET S.B. via Gnupg-users wrote: > > Here is my situation: I have imported a public key using > > gpg --keyserver hkps://keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys fingerprint* > > > > *provided by the intended recipient on their profile page > > > > The person also displayed the pgp public key block text (in armor) but > > not as an asc file. I first tried importing the block directly into > > gpg but couldn't figure it out. > > > > when comparing the imported key (again, obtained via the keyserver > > using the fingerprint) to the displayed public key block, they do not > > match. > > How do you do this, i.e. what commands are you using? > > > Reasons for this (I think) are: > > 1. either the fingerprint or the key has been changed but not updated > > on the profile page > > The fingerprint of an OpenPGP key never changes (except if its creation time > changes). > > Regards, > Ingo > _______________________________________________ > Gnupg-users mailing list > Gnupg-users@gnupg.org > http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
