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0000343Main CAcert WebsiteGPG/PGPpublic2013-01-14 20:38
Reporterwidhalmt Assigned Toduane  
PrioritynormalSeveritymajorReproducibilityalways
Status closedResolutionfixed 
Fixed in Version2007 
Summary0000343: Don't get my gpg key signed, but no error message
DescriptionI uploaded my gpg key to cacert to get it signed. First the website told me that there was no emailaddress matching my key. When I tried it again, the website sent my a confirmation email and I can show the key. But when I import it, gpg tells me, that there is no new signature on the key.
Additional InformationI realized, that my CaCert account was missing one of the Emailadresses I use in my gpg key. Now I added this Email as well and uploaded the key again, but there is no change.

Could you fix it or tell me what I am doing wrong?

Regards,
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FabianGuter

2006-11-01 08:54

reporter   ~0000697

I have the same problem, the key that I get after pasting my key in the textbox is exactly the same, no signatures have been applied.
My key looks like this:

Command> list
 
pub 1024D/EE0B0708 created: 2000-02-22 expires: never usage: SCA
                     trust: unknown validity: unknown
sub 2048g/A10EEABE created: 2000-02-22 expires: never usage: E
[ unknown] (1). Fabian Guter <fabian@guternet.de>
[ unknown] (2) Fabian Guter <fabian.guter@gmx.net>
 
Command> check
uid Fabian Guter <fabian@guternet.de>
sig! EE0B0708 2000-02-22 [self-signature]
uid Fabian Guter <fabian.guter@gmx.net>
sig! EE0B0708 2000-02-23 [self-signature]
 
All eMails are verified in my CAcert account.

For testing, here is the key I tried:

-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (MingW32)

mQGiBDiyNLcRBAD58bFLdajQTumOnMxxHSeuwHjGfvAV2S5c791TzHGn0joEs26J
GJB9X5L8b7ZMRIGdWABXEzTCAyBU4tv0xyJcRxK9kBt1gfBKvqDs6OeFgECDPkib
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vovTA/wNqzIugMcf5aXGJk6zCs5blr5gjoZ4Ywj8TVgfHAAsBT7IssBe/Xfd3LE4
VUUdJqFwJ5nEPaiR6C1n+Y5Ggzw0WiPfVfaDycYyjIRmaFMo5LLspE1C1tnoQj87
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7gsHCK79AKDX/7J7D21cSbJ3bG7SF/HKazOp8QCgmCT1yaRs0NukD1qToqUAHrDJ
6Bc=
=qcAv
-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

Silamael

2006-11-10 22:30

reporter   ~0000707

Same problem for me. When i get the public key via clipboard out of the Enigmail plugin of Thunderbird, the page tells me that there aren't any email addresses in my public key.
Playing a bit around with the linebreak at the end of the key, the signing seems to work but no new sig is added to my key.

Here also my public key for testing:

-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux)

mQGiBEJdVaERBAC+Cu5fR0zBzDx7MvMpMSXapnx+pMP3irNvW0XTSx4pNRBF5H8n
JVvXBJamozjxRHxW+JyYT9lwfV40ru/0ahZBelqSMxxcRhVqLm2zNx4tliJzR2Qs
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4g24kMOK1YY/9khrRdYuvgH53EC4dnauDLfog6b1wIogiSclnQhXpAbjvjQfYyyt
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cfAInPgMemXQpeaPmewuKD5exGgFOWyktMCITAQYEQIADAUCQl1VsAUJCWYBgAAK
CRA/Kkew4SnxQvsvAJ9NTjftfOI1ZkmS49ZOH2Xh0m5DWACghMO4NWaW2IKgaLUV
YGzjJ0OQdyQ=
=S993
-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

FabianGuter

2006-11-22 19:13

reporter   ~0000712

I meanwhile managed to get my key signed this way:
- backuped keyring
- removed all UIDs but one, exported this stripped public key
- repeated this for all UIDs (email addresses) registered at CAcert
- let each exported key sign seperately by the CAcert site
- imported each signed key back in my original keyring

This was a very annoying procedure which took about 30 minutes for three UIDs. I hope this bug will be fixed until my signature expires...

I would like to help making a patch but I would need some help to set up a test environment, is there something which can be used?
I had a look into the source code and it shouldn't be too hard to find the cause for this issue.

Regards,
Fabian

Sourcerer

2006-11-28 03:32

administrator   ~0000742

I could not reproduce the problem on the testsystem. I´ve tested the new CommModule intensively to make sure that the problem doesn´t exist there. I have no idea, why it doesn´t work on the production system. I need sysadmin access to the production system to track down the problem there.
One possible idea I have is that we are using the wrong GnuPG versions on the production system.

Sourcerer

2006-11-28 04:03

administrator   ~0000743

Oops, I oversaw some problems. I have fixed them on the testsystem now.

FabianGuter

2006-11-29 00:58

reporter   ~0000752

I couldn't reproduce it on the test system either.
Maybe it is really depending on the gnupg version.

Test system: "Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux)"
Productive system: "Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux)"

Regards,
Fabian

bluec

2006-12-16 21:57

manager   ~0000757

Got some more complains about the broken GPG interface ... Duane, what can we do to get this issue solved? Any help needed? This bug report is almost 2 month old now ...

Jan

2007-02-08 15:10

reporter   ~0000775

I had the same problem with no sig added, but it seems to work now after the server updates last week (beginning of February 2007).
GnuPG has been updated too from 1.4.3 to 1.4.6.
Please try again to get your key signed.

FabianGuter

2007-02-10 10:22

reporter   ~0000782

I retried it and it really seems to work now, I pasted the key with all existing signatures (and even photo id) and it got signed by CAcert as it should.
Probably this bug is fixed and can be closed?

Silamael

2007-02-10 23:05

reporter   ~0000783

Tried it again with my keys and it really seems to work now.
Thank you for fixing this!

widhalmt

2007-02-11 20:55

reporter   ~0000786

I tried uploading my key again and I got it signed as plannes. Very big Thank You to you, who dealt with this issue!

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2006-10-30 21:11 widhalmt New Issue
2006-11-01 08:54 FabianGuter Note Added: 0000697
2006-11-10 22:30 Silamael Note Added: 0000707
2006-11-22 19:13 FabianGuter Note Added: 0000712
2006-11-27 14:05 duane Status new => needs work
2006-11-27 14:05 duane Assigned To => Sourcerer
2006-11-28 03:30 Sourcerer Assigned To Sourcerer => duane
2006-11-28 03:32 Sourcerer Note Added: 0000742
2006-11-28 04:03 Sourcerer Note Added: 0000743
2006-11-29 00:58 FabianGuter Note Added: 0000752
2006-12-16 21:57 bluec Note Added: 0000757
2007-02-08 15:10 Jan Note Added: 0000775
2007-02-10 10:22 FabianGuter Note Added: 0000782
2007-02-10 23:05 Silamael Note Added: 0000783
2007-02-11 20:55 widhalmt Note Added: 0000786
2007-03-29 12:58 Jan Status needs work => closed
2007-03-29 12:59 Jan Resolution open => fixed
2013-01-14 20:38 Werner Dworak Fixed in Version => 2007