Egon

[Werner Koch]

On Mon, 25 Aug 2025 11:10, Andrew Gallagher said:

> Does `gpg --locate-key` not work for you? They expose a WKD server...

Indeed, this does a Web Key Directory lookup if the key does not exists.
This is actually the same as using "-r foo at example.org" which does the
same as locate-key or view it vice versa.

In case you already have an old key you may want to use

  gpg --locate-external-key foo at exmaple.org

which does the lookup even if the key already exists in your local
keyring.

Egon is indeed a cool name but WKD is used at more sites than Proton;
for example kernel.org.  I think we have some list at wiki.gnupg.org.

BTW, it is a pitty that the Web Key Directory support was removed from
Thunderbird.  Many years ago we added it to Enigmail but afaik it has
not been implement in the current Thunderbird PGP implementation.


Salam-Shalom,

   Werner

-- 
The pioneers of a warless world are the youth that
refuse military service.             - A. Einstein
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