# part 1

Was digging around figuring out how to actually do the pgp method.

## bit of backstory I never wrote down:

at some point in the past I made my server host my PGP key
=> https://docs.keyoxide.org/wiki/web-key-directory/ using this method
so now a copy of it
=> https://thebackupbox.net/.well-known/openpgpkey/hu/tmy9qw7rwhs54msfbuti44epsyiiznox lives here
which means I can get keyoxide to use this self-hosted PGP key with a URL like:
=> https://keyoxide.org/wkd/epoch@thebackupbox.net

## brings us to today

I started following
=> https://docs.keyoxide.org/getting-started/creating-profile-openpgp/ this guide
and wasn't quite sure exactly how it should look, but I found someone else's pgp key to look at.
then used
```
gpg --export fingerprint | gpg --list-packets
```
and decided it would be easy to get a TXT record for my domain like they had, and add a notation with the value:
```
proof@ariadne.id=dns:thebackupbox.net?type=txt
```
=> dns:thebackupbox.net?type=txt (here's a link directly to the TXT record if you have something that handles it properly.)

I ended up stuck at the part where I added a notation because I did the stuff in
=> crypto this blog post
which means I have my actual secret key on a flash-drive I never touch.
and I need it to add notations.
```
$ gpg --edit-key 9D8792C80AD2050BB156B989D37F0B9720A0B55B
Secret subkeys are available.

pub  ed25519/0xD37F0B9720A0B55B
     created: 2021-08-20  expires: 2031-08-18  usage: C   
     trust: unknown       validity: unknown
ssb  ed25519/0xB29D7B50990E0EB6
     created: 2021-08-20  expires: 2031-08-18  usage: S   
ssb  cv25519/0xA21417EA02148649
     created: 2021-08-20  expires: 2031-08-18  usage: E   
ssb  ed25519/0xBFF7C81B266B6EAF
     created: 2021-08-20  expires: 2031-08-18  usage: A   
[ unknown] (1). epoch@thebackupbox.net

gpg> notation
Need the secret key to do this.

gpg> quit
```

I guess when I get around to booting up a laptop with the flashdrive my private key is on, I'll make a part 2.