Info Catalog gnupg: Web Key Service gnupg: gpg-wks-server

gnupg: gpg-wks-client

 
 9.1 Send requests via WKS
 =========================
 
 The 'gpg-wks-client' is used to send requests to a Web Key Service
 provider.  This is usuallay done to upload a key into a Web Key
 Directory.
 
    With the '--supported' command the caller can test whether a site
 supports the Web Key Service.  The argument is an arbitray address in
 the to be tested domain.  For example 'foo@example.net'.  The command
 returns success if the Web Key Service is supported.  The operation is
 silent; to get diagnostic output use the option '--verbose'.
 
    With the '--check' command the caller can test whether a key exists
 for a supplied mail address.  The command returns success if a key is
 available.
 
    The '--create' command is used to send a request for publication in
 the Web Key Directory.  The arguments are the fingerprint of the key and
 the user id to publish.  The output from the command is a properly
 formatted mail with all standard headers.  This mail can be fed to
 'sendmail(8)' or any other tool to actually send that mail.  If
 'sendmail(8)' is installed the option '--send' can be used to directly
 send the created request.  If the provider request a 'mailbox-only' user
 id and no such user id is found, 'gpg-wks-client' will try an additional
 user id.
 
    The '--receive' and '--read' commands are used to process
 confirmation mails as send from the service provider.  The former
 expects an encrypted MIME messages, the latter an already decrypted MIME
 message.  The result of these commands are another mail which can be
 send in the same way as the mail created with '--create'.
 
    'gpg-wks-client' is not commonly invoked directly and thus it is not
 installed in the bin directory.  Here is an example how it can be
 invoked manually to check for a Web Key Directory entry for
 'foo@example.org':
 
      $(gpgconf --list-dirs libexecdir)/gpg-wks-client --check foo@example.net
 
 'gpg-wks-client' understands these options:
 
 '--send'
      Directly send created mails using the 'sendmail' command.  Requires
      installation of that command.
 
 '--output FILE'
 '-o'
      Write the created mail to FILE instead of stdout.  Note that the
      value '-' for FILE is the same as writing to stdout.
 
 '--status-fd N'
      Write special status strings to the file descriptor N.  This
      program returns only the status messages SUCCESS or FAILURE which
      are helpful when the caller uses a double fork approach and can't
      easily get the return code of the process.
 
 '--verbose'
      Enable extra informational output.
 
 '--quiet'
      Disable almost all informational output.
 
 '--version'
      Print version of the program and exit.
 
 '--help'
      Display a brief help page and exit.
 

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