-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- This may not be the most appropriate place to ask this question but since debian was the reason I started using pgp, I thought that someone here may have some suggestions.
Stupidly when I first started using pgp, I made a key pair and uploaded it to the public pgp keyserver and then without thinking erased the keys. NOTE: this was before I began any interaction with debian and the key I have used with all debian communication is my current key (the one that is attached to this note). My problem is that I want to put my new key on the keyserver, but cannot remove the old one given I do not have the old key. I have searched through the pgp documentation and all I could come up with is something from the FAQ as follows: - ----- 7.4 How do I indicate that my key is invalid when I don't have the secret key anymore? This is a very tricky situation, and should be avoided at all costs. The easiest way is to prepare a key revocation certificate (See 7.3 for details on how to do this) before you need it, so you can always revoke the key, even without the secret key. Alternatively, you can use a binary editor to change one of the user IDs on your public key to read "Key invalid; use key 0x12345678" or something to that effect. Keep in mind that the new user ID can't be longer than the old one, unless you know what you are doing. Then extract the key, and send it to the keyserver. It will think this is actually a new user ID, and add it to your key there. However, since anyone can do the above, many people will not trust unsigned user IDs with such statements. As explained in question 6.3, all user IDs on your key should be self-signed. So again, make a key revocation certificate in advance and use that when necessary. - ----- I don't really understand this - it seems to me that it is implying to alter a user ID on my _old_ key and then resubmit it. However, I don't have the old key. Any suggestions or am I just completely missing something? (BTW I have backed up my new key and made a revocation certificate in advance this time:)) Cheers, Colin. Colin R. Telmer, Department of Economics, Dunning Hall Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7L-3N6 Phone: (613)545-2273 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <URL:http://terrapin.econ.queensu.ca> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3i Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBMz1IyhhhzOJJktw1AQF30QP/bauZxmQYtd+0dibuFku5C6hfuqgYgkvs 5eKodpcoASjQkq+33c749aYV+0B4BpY4Di+L4j3CUD48PqRmPmKl9qj2MBZhOmnQ 67ZKpZuYGTOZig+8j9DEP9iDcD43JOK0EWT+HLXxr4HmEGsnjm0cv1u7ZYLuM6XZ bmsgwrYpC8Q= =llt6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
