(In reply to Marcus Meissner from comment #3) > no idea who uploaded it to keys.openpgp.org and how this was managed without > userid. > > i tried uploading it to that server again, but i am not sure it succeeded > > the userid is needed though, otherwise its not usable. The user ID still doesn't show up when searching for the key on keys.openpgp.org: david@atronach-opensuse:~> LANG=c gpg --keyserver hkps://keys.openpgp.org --search-keys 22C07BA534178CD02EFE22AAB88B2FD43DBDC284 gpg: data source: https://keys.openpgp.org:443 (1) 2048 bit RSA key B88B2FD43DBDC284, created: 2008-11-07 Keys 1-1 of 1 for "22C07BA534178CD02EFE22AAB88B2FD43DBDC284". Enter number(s), N)ext, or Q)uit > n Did you check opensuse@opensuse.org for a new e-mail from openpgp.org? I've never uploaded any key to any key server but I'd imagine they sent the verification e-mail to the e-mail address specified in the uploaded certificate with something like: "Click here to verify Your e-mail address." or "Do You consent to distribute your identity information with your public key?"