preferring --check-sigs over --list-sigs [was: Re: Houston, we have a problem]

Andrew Gallagher andrewg at andrewg.com
Thu Sep 28 13:30:11 CEST 2017


On 2017/09/28 10:57, Stefan Claas wrote:
> 
> Now i have a problem lol... with my new pub key and --check-sigs.
> 
> My new pub key 3BB27531899F06EA4582B2E9D68B6EAC6ECF3AB6 was signed
> by Governikus 864E8B951ECFC04AF2BB233E5E5CCCB4A4BF43D7 and when doing
> a --check-sigs i get an error...under Windows 7 and gpg4win GnuPG 2.2.1,
> which i just
> downloaded... Therfore i checked other users, which have a Governikus
> sig3 and
> the error persists. Any ideas gentlemen?

What specific error are you getting? I don't see any errors using
--check-sigs on that key, but then I don't trust Governikus so I'm not
performing the same test that you are.

BTW, your usage of key IDs to contain arbitrary text produces some weird
results:

```
galactica:~ andrewg$ gpg --search-keys stefan.claas at posteo.de
gpg: searching for "stefan.claas at posteo.de" from hkps server
hkps.pool.sks-keyservers.net
(1)	supersedes 0x981EB7C382EC52B4
	Stefan Claas <stefan.claas at posteo.de>
	  2048 bit RSA key 0xD68B6EAC6ECF3AB6, created: 2017-09-23, expires:
2022-09-22
(2)	Stefan Claas (ECC Test Key - do not use) <stefan.claas at posteo.de>
	  256 bit unknown key 0x2C5F53E23FC75D86, created: 2017-07-15 (revoked)
(3)	Stefan Claas <stefan.claas at posteo.de>
	  2048 bit RSA key 0x981EB7C382EC52B4, created: 2017-05-26, expires:
2021-05-26
(4)	Stefan Claas
	Stefan Claas <sac at gmx.net>
	Stefan Claas <sacenator at gmail.com>
	at https://keybase.io/stefan_claas
	Stefan Claas <admin at zwiebelfreund.de>
	Stefan Claas <stefan.claas at posteo.de>
	Stefan Claas <stefan.claas at protonmail.ch>
	servers. A valid copy of this key can be found
	because i no longer support standard public key
	This key is revoked for public key server usage,
	  2048 bit RSA key 0xAAD2E08D4A3C2C49, created: 2013-11-27 (revoked)
Keys 1-4 of 4 for "stefan.claas at posteo.de".  Enter number(s), N)ext, or
Q)uit > 1
```

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