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Unsupported public key algorithm
I thought that I had successfully overcome the hurdle of attempting to
add non-gpg keys to my keyring

However, it appears I crowed too soon. Below is an account of a
failure:

gpg: armor header: Version: 5.0
gpg: armor header: Comment: PGP Key Server 0.9.4
gpg: pub 1022R/D5327CB9 1992-09-25 wietse venema <wietse@wzv.win.tue.nl>
gpg: key D5327CB9: unsupported public key algorithm
gpg: key D5327CB9: unsupported public key algorithm
gpg: key D5327CB9: skipped user ID 'wietse venema <wietse@wzv.win.tue.nl>'
gpg: key D5327CB9: skipped user ID 'wietse venema <wietse@porcupine.org>'
gpg: key D5327CB9: no valid user IDs
gpg: this may be caused by a missing self-signature
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg: w/o user IDs: 1

I presume that the problem relates to the recently expired RSA patent
and <has been/will be> tackled by gpg <patches/upgrades>.

I have currently installed gpg-1.0.2 on a RH 6.2 box; I fear that I may
have used the rpm route for the install ( I no longer have the source
files).

What are my options?

I am quite content to wait if an update is in the wings.

Felix Karpfen
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Felix Karpfen
felkarp@pcug.org.au
Public Key 72FDF9DF (DH/DSA)
Keyserver http://www.keyserver.net

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Re: Unsupported public key algorithm [ In reply to ]
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Felix Karpfen, at 09:23 +1100 on Mon, 25 Sep 2000, wrote:

> gpg: pub 1022R/D5327CB9 1992-09-25 wietse venema <wietse@wzv.win.tue.nl>

The R in 1022R means RSA. Get GnuPG 1.0.3 (the RSA patent has
expired) and you'll be able to import the key.

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Frank Tobin http://www.uiuc.edu/~ftobin/

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