Public Key Rings

The Global Public Key Ring

• Contained 15,263 keys 9/24/95
• Add or fetch keys using a key server
• There is no way to delete a key.

Personal Public Key Ring

• A local cache for use by PGP
• The place where trust information is stored.

• Add a key files contents: pgp -ka keyfile
• Remove a key: pgp -ka userid
• Remove signatures from a key/userid: pgp -krs userid
• Extract a key: pgp -kx userid
• View the contents of the key ring: pgp -kv[v]
• Check Signatures of a key: pgp -kc [userid]
• View the "fingerprint" of a public key: pgp -kvc [userid]
• Sign someone elses key: pgp -ks [userid]
• Edit the trust parameters for a key: pgp -ke [userid]