On the WWW I went over to Brian LaMacchia's announced new keyserver and looked myself up. I was amazed to see that my 2.3a key now carries a 2.6 version number and lists an 8-bit key ID. The key ID is identical to the old one with two new characters up front. I have never ordered 2.6 because I'm satisfied with 2.3a and rely on it for communications with people outside the US. Does this bizarre "upgrading" mean that my key, as downloaded from that server, will function as a 2.6 key and become incompatible with 2.3n versions after the September 1st deadline? And what are the other implications of the keyserver evidently automatically changing version numbers and ID's on public keys previously resident on the list? I am bothered by seeing my key differ in any way from the way I originally generated it. Brian Beker