PGP & GPG

PGP Key Management 97

Returning the Signed Key

Now that you have signed the key, return it (with your added

signature) to where you got it from. If the key was distributed

from a keyserver, just right-click the key in PGP Desktop and

select Synchronize to transmit it back to the keyserver. If you

got the key from a file, website, or some other method, how-

ever, you really should return it to the key owner directly. The

key owner has a good reason for not publicizing a key via a key-

server. Never submit someone else’s key to a keyserver!

To return the key to its owner, right-click the key entry

and choose Export, then choose a file in which to save ...