[ale] PGP Key servers timing out

David Tomaschik david at systemoverlord.com
Wed Apr 30 00:24:22 EDT 2014


On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 8:06 PM, Jeremy T. Bouse <jeremy.bouse at undergrid.net
> wrote:

> On 29.04.2014 22:37, David Tomaschik wrote:
>
>> I recommend hkps://hkps.pool.sks-keyservers.net.  It gets you
>> the full pool that supports hkps (TLS-encrypted connections, because I
>> like TLS.)
>>
>>
> The use of HKPS is available only if you're using GnuPG 2.x and not GnuPG
> 1.4.x unless you're using the curl shim variant (gnupg-curl on Debian)
> though I haven't gotten that version to work. It also requires that you
> download and configure the root certificate being used to sign services
> under sks-keyservers.net. You can find out info on all the pools
> including the configuration necessary at https://sks-keyservers.net/
> overview-of-pools.php
>
> I'll of course mention that sks.undergrid.net is part of the
> hkps.pool.sks-keyservers.net pool (https://sks-keyservers.net/status/).
>
>
Oops, yeah, I forgot those details.  I have 'gpg' aliased to 'gpg2', and do
have the certificate setup.  Glad to hear that undergrid is part of the
hkps pool!


-- 
David Tomaschik
OpenPGP: 0x5DEA789B
http://systemoverlord.com
david at systemoverlord.com
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