1997-01-29 - Re: PGP Key Preview…

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From: falk@Eng.Sun.COM (Ed Falk)
To: harka@nycmetro.com
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UTC Datetime: 1997-01-29 17:39:52 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 09:39:52 -0800 (PST)

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From: falk@Eng.Sun.COM (Ed Falk)
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 09:39:52 -0800 (PST)
To: harka@nycmetro.com
Subject: Re: PGP Key Preview...
Message-ID: <199701291738.JAA23721@peregrine.eng.sun.com>
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> is there a way to preview the contents of a received public key,
> without adding it automatically to the public key ring?

Trivial.  Just have pgp look at the file without giving it any commands.
I.e. instead of

	pgp -ka <filename>
do
	pgp <filename>

Pgp will examine the file, tell you it contains keys, show them to
you and then ask if you want to add them to your keyring.  This is
the way I normally add keys, just because I like to look at *any* file
before I add it to any system.





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