Public key lookup
Type a full fingerprint, a 16-digit key ID or an email address. The key is fetched from the public keyserver keys.openpgp.org straight into your browser.
Why you are here
For many years wwwkeys.pgp.net, subkeys.pgp.net and the national wwwkeys.*.pgp.net servers answered key requests at addresses like /pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x…. Thousands of web pages, mailing-list signatures and install scripts still point there. Those keyservers no longer run, so this page answers the same addresses: the key in the link is looked up for you.
Programs that request the old /pks/lookup address over HTTP or HTTPS, such as curl, wget or GnuPG's dirmngr, get an HTTP redirect to the same query on keyserver.ubuntu.com, which speaks the same keyserver protocol. wget and dirmngr follow the redirect by themselves; curl needs -L. Commands that use the old HKP port 11371, such as gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net or hkp://wwwkeys.pgp.net, still fail, because nothing answers on that port; see what to use instead.
Check the fingerprint
A keyserver proves nothing about who owns a key: anyone can upload a key with any name and email address. Before you trust a key, compare its full 40-character fingerprint with one the owner gave you through another channel. Short 8-digit key IDs are not safe for this; see how key IDs and lookups work.