Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) Authentication

In an effort to assure ARIN customers that email messages from ARIN are genuine, all messages sent from hostmaster@arin.net are authenticated by the ARIN PGP key signature. To authenticate ARIN emails you will need PGP software. Many examples of PGP software are available online for free.

Frequently Asked Questions about PGP

I have a key from hostmaster@internic.net. Why am I seeing an “invalid signature” error?

There are known cases where email exchange and virus-checking programs rewrite part of the message that the PGP key signature covers. To address this problem, speak to your vendor about how they might prevent changing or rewriting PGP-signed email messages.

Why are some PGP signatures in-line while others are attached?

PGP signing of email messages is being rolled out in phases, the end of which will result in all PGP-signed messages being RFC 3156 compliant.

ARIN’S PGP Public Key

ARIN’s public key for authenticating email messages from hostmaster@arin.net and reassign@arin.net is:

    -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----  
    Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux)

    mQGiBEblXM4RBACB1eR9+nQMMkFlnbkQr5nFhaxdVfzgqwTgY+gco7pXVNjJXpbd  
    VCdqzjL0dZ9oC7hu/TXvuHVA032L0dP/Nnv38z6KjJQg75unIoA3VUrHW7cAQJpa  
    m4c2m09yVccA9S6NX4QkCyWknteromFWTZL2PIYtLgI83MfJCqiCnSULkwCggvU4  
    bFTNCHIaTYfBypfjGV4BGAsD/jyu9n9H5EW+Fz6kJonL4TCbVopI9pAX/mmRda8L  
    MJIlHW1nGEod2z/nTSPf2u750L4bnTzCZYopKk7k5x+AgOf3fZdgeBgPsWfOYWby  
    NSLUgWjlyRPMjPVdUTqZxQ5O18YpKRM5pU3P2V8ddULX3JTIZp0zo5pLhcT6xx17  
    73kPA/9Vt0if4S1RCBkNnKVq+I/0qPNyAgWXwUHyLgl9NVHkK9V1h2V56f7u+pMS  
    OPc/hQmesQDSjne3VSFF+CNSmjAZcZB5gFTejJSuPhpK2CSK85KL0QNPX+Fvib6o  
    kSW9AMGpa++YB/Nn1kNQIvnWN/YaIDVzsSuRwLyqrXf5UwiuPLQlQVJJTiBIb3N0  
    bWFzdGVyIDxob3N0bWFzdGVyQGFyaW4ubmV0PohhBBMRAgAhBQJG5VzOAhsDBwsJ  
    CAcDAgEEFQIIAwQWAgMBAh4BAheAAAoJEGSsps8Zfy2lH7AAn03xquvW+0fYoNAn  
    tJHDVDWsWaylAJ0SQfvbdxxag8YyFiuJBIskZ3PivrQhQVJJTiBSZWFzc2lnbiA8  
    cmVhc3NpZ25AYXJpbi5uZXQ+iGEEExECACEFAkbmiMwCGwMHCwkIBwMCAQQVAggD  
    BBYCAwECHgECF4AACgkQZKymzxl/LaXVRQCgglbIi62Bpi4koNUTPul9A7G+rhsA  
    njs6x3ILWzBmHKMtGfFGh8hgTnEAuQINBEblXNQQCACUGZUJT0Mnj/Fu1y/LvVAo  
    p8supQc/uE5U7nZ7Ynn5gnS77uctjx0Ira64QstPKjT4Yzce0kQb+odC5Sr+FOMI  
    9kvjh1qNoS5JpRAK4Vihta36UMp9q/zmSuJEwEqiK8smyA+elbvV2/5HWPELm8h0  
    eOXsQ9l2ugbm1scV2rHJoS/g4O2Stoa+oXM+BCwoa85f1D9YunrSuCboHqm+SaRW  
    isG2tzm42zDDGhcXUvcc+qEmPDbeOIsX7XJI43f6LQ1zOBya2Mk8JqrqSfy9URSe  
    pKLk821OrD+kz9hLIVvOGhNqZdiE11WZ+l4+E1wtoJhVq5yT5TWeU/bs38GiZND/  
    AAMFB/4/HSJWriT/iJGutm7C4U04DQMXn+DJpn6tM2t+NtXG5l4j8K69x8ytthCI  
    oc6wvxHLkv69e7fi/lx2ZU+OKlGJ+WT5rDtC0AeS4TShcI8oMIZWW5dd5JKe3ZZ1  
    Ab8TEiWv4LWd9rkVSEcANECVkh2xy0Bvju1txnSbqgbqpGcdVmE2hlKRLw9vFY80  
    w98GSPbP/Yozg4z+z34p0rhJutPezsgRIyBYbPruwTWfnng18M/lelHsuVf7lrYU  
    MvRgNrLwVPnh0XKlNn25BST56pPNVYb6nYhhv0GoYyWxH4oUPK6H/SDY1Cm6u1sz  
    W1HC+40Hfrti93/mR8FIaK7jnrOKiEkEGBECAAkFAkblXNQCGwwACgkQZKymzxl/  
    LaX3PACeKYHwoLoxjEe6P0tzN8dvCvaNQh0An0E2LfpbCqp0nFk4QR2bigA9e3dQ  
    =9QiW

    -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

  

This key may be verified by querying the keyserver at keyserver.ubuntu.com.