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To enable people to find your public key, you should publish it to a well-known keyserver. This is a simple command with gpg:
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gpg --send-key [yourKeyID]
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...where yourKeyID is the last 8 digits of your public key fingerprint.
This will upload your public key to a well-known keyserver, which will then trigger other connected keyservers to get a copy. Afterward, you can verify the general availability of your public key by searching for your name in one of the keyservers in the SKS network.
3. Publish Your Key Fingerprint
Add your fingerprint to the Fedora Committers page.
4. Sign Others Committers' Keys
For each fingerprint on the Fedora Committers page:
Download the key via:
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gpg --recv-keys [fingerprint]
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Sign it via:
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gpg -u [yourKeyID] --sign-key [fingerprint]
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Due to the deprecation of all SKS keyservers in 2019 we now have the options of the openpgp.org's server (Hagrid) or one of the hockeypuck servers. Depending on which keyserver you choose follow the command below.
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In the efforts to reduce the publication of private information the Hagrid server will not reveal or allow searching with the email address a key is tied to without explicit approval. Because keyservers no longer store and distribute third-party signatures (those adding via signing someone's key) the "Web of trust" is harder to track. Therefore it is not necessary to reveal your email address when publishing your key unless you really want to. |
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gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --send-key [yourKeyID] |
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Hagrid server (OpenPGP)
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...where yourKeyID is the last 8 digits of your public key fingerprint.
This will upload your public key to a well-known keyserver, which will then trigger other connected keyservers to get a copy.
3. Publish Your Key Fingerprint
Add your fingerprint to the Fedora Committers page
Upload the signature via:
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gpg --send-key [fingerprint]
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5. Ask Other Committers to Sign Your Key
Email the other committers, notifying them that you've signed their key and uploaded the signature, and they should run:
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gpg --refresh-keys
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...then ask them to sign your key as indicated above.
After they have had a chance to sign your key and upload the signature, you should also do a --refresh-keys so your local web of trust is up to date.
6. Optional: Sign Your Own Key
If you have another key you use for normal communication, you can improve the web of trust by signing your other key with with your code signing key, and vice-versa.