Off Topic: Getting PGP and GnuPG Public Keys
xiando
xiando at xiando.com
Tue Dec 5 22:00:07 UTC 2006
> I've noticed a fair number of list members use GnuPG or PGP and I got
> tired of manually trying to find a keyserver that had the poster's
> public key. I know they are supposed exchange keys, but this seems very
> hit or miss. So I wrote the little script below. It includes several
(..)
> I hope someone finds this useful.
Thanks. It was a tad long, but.. thanks. Nice list of keyservers.
>
> if gpg --keyserver tickets.rutgers.edu --recv-key $1
> then
> echo tickets.rutgers.edu
> exit
> fi
>
> if gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-key $1
> then
> echo pgp.mit.edu
> exit
> fi
>
> if gpg --keyserver keyserver.veridis.com --recv-key $1
> then
> echo keyserver.veridis.com
> exit
> fi
>
> if gpg --keyserver pgp.keyserver.ch --recv-key $1
> then
> echo pgp.keyserver.ch
> exit
> fi
>
> if gpg --keyserver pgp.surfnet.nl --recv-key $1
> then
> echo pgp.surfnet.nl
> exit
> fi
>
> if gpg --keyserver www.stinkfoot.org --recv-key $1
> then
> echo www.stinkfoot.org
> exit
> fi
>
> if gpg --keyserver pgp.es.net --recv-key $1
> then
> echo pgp.es.net
> exit
> fi
>
> if gpg --keyserver pgp.rediris.es --recv-key $1
> then
> echo pgp.rediris.es
> exit
> fi
>
> if gpg --keyserver pgp.nic.ad.jp --recv-key $1
> then
> echo pgp.nic.ad.jp
> exit
> fi
>
> if gpg --keyserver pgp.uk.demon.net --recv-key $1
> then
> echo pgp.uk.demon.net
> exit
> fi
>
> if gpg --keyserver pgp.zdv.uni-mainz.de --recv-key $1
> then
> echo pgp.zdv.uni-mainz.de
> exit
> fi
>
> if gpg --keyserver keyserver.linux.it --recv-key $1
> then
> echo keyserver.linux.it
> exit
> fi
>
> if gpg --keyserver keys.iif.hu --recv-key $1
> then
> echo keys.iif.hu
> exit
> fi
>
> if gpg --keyserver pgp.eteo.mondragon.edu --recv-key $1
> then
> echo pgp.eteo.mondragon.edu
> exit
> fi
>
> echo exiting failure
#!/bin/bash
#
# Thanks to George Shaffer
#
if [ "$1" == "" ];then
echo "Enter a key as argument!"
exit 1
fi
echo 'tickets.rutgers.edu
tickets.rutgers.edu
pgp.mit.edu
keyserver.veridis.com
pgp.keyserver.ch
pgp.surfnet.nl
www.stinkfoot.org
pgp.es.net
pgp.rediris.es
pgp.nic.ad.jp
pgp.uk.demon.net
pgp.zdv.uni-mainz.de
keyserver.linux.it
keys.iif.hu
pgp.eteo.mondragon.edu'|while read keyserver;do
if gpg --keyserver $keyserver --recv-key $1
then
echo Found key at $keyserver
exit
fi
done
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