Re:Solarwind, Fireeye, Microsoft and Cisco leaks are offered...
by sudosysgen on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @10:58PM
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Yes, you're right, this is only the ID, you'd need to get the actual key off a keyserver.
Re:Solarwind, Fireeye, Microsoft and Cisco leaks are offered...
by forgotmypw17 on Thursday January 14, 2021 @02:56PM
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Also, let us not forget the possibility that there may not even be a key to begin with. :)
You can change part of the message or the encoded fingerprint (which is a bit longer than the portion you pasted), and it will still report it the same way.
However, you will not be able to mathematically verify that this message and another one was signed by the same key.
If you look carefully at what GPG is telling you, probably see a line like this, unless you have the key in keyring: