Need help: being asked to upload public key in PEM format...
HI there, I have created my key and it works just fine. I need to upload the key to a website. The site asks for the exported key file to be: "OpenPGP key or S/MIME certificate in PEM format". When I export from GPG keychain access I only have the choice of ACSII or binary file types. When I attempt to upload either of these I get an error stating the file does not contain a key in PEM format. Any ideas?
Thanks.
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Support Staff 1 Posted by Luke Le on 04 Apr, 2012 12:09 PM
Hi pdesgrip,
is there any possibility to select OpenPGP or S/MIME?
PEM format is usually only used for S/MIME certificates, so if it allows you to upload an OpenPGP key as well, it should take the exported file with either .asc or .gpg extension.
What site is this?
2 Posted by pdesgrip on 04 Apr, 2012 12:19 PM
it's called privacybox.de, yes there is an S/MIME option as well as open PGP which I selected . I have attached a screenshot of the page in any case.
Support Staff 3 Posted by Luke Le on 04 Apr, 2012 12:26 PM
Could you also please post an image of the error message you're seeing?
btw. sprichst du deutsch?
4 Posted by pdesgrip on 04 Apr, 2012 12:29 PM
OK, I just got it to work. It was a silly oversight by me. The first key I had been trying to upload had expired. I mistook the error message as saying it needed to be in PEM format when that only applied to the MIME upload. When I created a new key and uploaded in ASCII it worked fine. Sorry for wasting your time and thanks for your swift response!
Support Staff 5 Posted by Luke Le on 04 Apr, 2012 12:30 PM
Ah perfect!
Glad you figured it out so quickly :)
Closing this discussion. Feel free to open a new one any time
Support Staff 6 Posted by Steve on 04 Apr, 2012 04:50 PM
really closing the discussion...
Steve closed this discussion on 04 Apr, 2012 04:50 PM.