Re: Newbie Question: Creating a Key Server using GNUPG tools

[Mario Castelán Castro]

On 27/08/17 04:40, arznix via Gnupg-users wrote:
> I am developing a closed mesh network application where
> I want to encrypt the traffic using PGP. The local network
> will have no access the the greater worldwide web so it
> will not be able to access existing trusted Key Servers.

If it is an isolated network, it is a small network. Maybe it will be
more convenient to simply export all the keys the ordinary way (“gpg
.--export KEY1 KEY2 ... KEYn” and distribute that through the network.

> Any links to sample code would also be great. The system is being develop with
> Linux as the operating system for the servers attached to the mesh network.

Linux is a kernel. You mean the GNU/Linux operating system
.

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Re: Newbie Question: Creating a Key Server using GNUPG tools

[Robert J. Hansen]

> It is unclear from the documentation for GNUPG and some of the supporting
> writeups on other websites whether I can create a Key Server for the local
> network that will generate public and private key pairs.

This doesn't sound like any keyserver I've heard of.  Normally
keyservers only store copies of keys people give them, not create
keypairs themselves.  (Or perhaps you meant "that will generate public
and private key pairs" to attach to the clause "the network", not "the
Key Server"?)

> Can anyone clarify whether it is possible to create a local Key Server using 
> the
> GNUPG tools?

Not as you intend, no.

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Re: Newbie Question: Creating a Key Server using GNUPG tools

[Damien Goutte-Gattat]

Hi,

On 08/27/2017 11:40 AM, arznix via Gnupg-users wrote:

Can anyone clarify whether it is possible to create a local Key Server using the
GNUPG tools?


Not with GnuPG itself. The GnuPG project does not provide a keyserver 
software.


Most keyservers out there are powered by a software called SKS 
(Synchronizing Key Server) [1,2].


For a local network, a LDAP-based keyserver may also be considered. The 
GnuPG wiki has a page on how to setup such a server [3].


Finally, with GnuPG modern (>= 2.1) you may choose to setup a Web Key 
Directory. This is a recently introduced approach to key distribution, 
for which GnuPG provides some tools and documentation [4,5].


Hope that helps,

Damien

[1] https://bitbucket.org/skskeyserver/sks-keyserver/wiki/Home
[2] https://keyserver.mattrude.com/guides/building-server/
[3] https://wiki.gnupg.org/LDAPKeyserver
[4] https://gnupg.org/blog/20160830-web-key-service.html
[5] https://gnupg.org/blog/20161027-hosting-a-web-key-directory.html



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Newbie Question: Creating a Key Server using GNUPG tools

[arznix via Gnupg-users]

Hi,

This is a total newbie question as I have just discovered GNUPG.

I am developing a closed mesh network application where
I want to encrypt the traffic using PGP. The local network
will have no access the the greater worldwide web so it
will not be able to access existing trusted Key Servers.

It is unclear from the documentation for GNUPG and some of the supporting
writeups on other websites whether I can create a Key Server for the local
network that will generate public and private key pairs.

It looks like there is a server mode you can put the process in but it is 
unclear
what services that gives you access to.

Can anyone clarify whether it is possible to create a local Key Server using the
GNUPG tools?

Any links to sample code would also be great. The system is being develop with
Linux as the operating system for the servers attached to the mesh network.


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