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"Whoa: Error: Unknown key type: 20" when adding public key #273

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bitfolk opened this issue Mar 17, 2014 · 4 comments
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"Whoa: Error: Unknown key type: 20" when adding public key #273

bitfolk opened this issue Mar 17, 2014 · 4 comments

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bitfolk commented Mar 17, 2014

I get the above error when trying to add my public key, both from exporting it from gpg and from pasting in the copy that is here:
http://pgp.mit.edu/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x2099B64CBF15490B

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maxtaco commented Mar 17, 2014

You have one these funky old ElGamal encrypt-and-sign subkeys in your key. I need to ignore them, but as for now, the PGP implementation is puking on this input. Thanks for your feedback.

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maxtaco commented Mar 18, 2014

Sorry for the delay, I'll take a look now.

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maxtaco commented Mar 18, 2014

BTW, GPG deprecated ElGamal Sign+encrypt keys because they are fundamentally broken. You may as well remove that subkey from your key, since it's doing more harm than good.

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maxtaco commented Mar 18, 2014

Ok, the fix is now live, let me know if you're still having problems. Thanks.

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