gpg keyring

[Werner Koch]

On Sat, 14 Apr 2007 23:25, mjr at phonecoop.coop said:

> Keyservers are horribly broken.  subkeys.pgp.mit.edu (or something

No there are not.  It is just that too many folks still stick to
pgp.mit.edu instead of using a modern keyserver based on SKS or onak.

subkeys.pgp.net lists all non-broken keyservers but has the disadvantage
of not knowing which keyserver is actually used.  GPA features this list
of working keyservers:

 hkp://random.sks.keyserver.penguin.de

You will always get an SKS server.  Good choice.

 hkp://blackhole.pca.dfn.de
 hkp://pks.gpg.cz
 hkp://pgp.cns.ualberta.ca
 hkp://minsky.surfnet.nl

All SKS; I use the surfnet one.

 hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com
 hkp://keyserver.pramberger.at
 http://gpg-keyserver.de
 http://keyserver.pramberger.at
 
 hkp://subkeys.pgp.net

Easiest URL to remember.
 
 ldap://keyserver.pgp.com

Do not use this one as it does not syncronize with other servers and
sends annoying HTML formatted challenges.

 hkp://demokeys.gnupg.org

Onak server which does not sync with other servers and is to be used
only for test keys.  If you want to demonstrate how a keyserver works,
just create a key, upload it and get it back from that server.  There a
quite some keys on it for real testing but there is no backup and the
keys may be removed at any time.



Shalom-Salam,

   Werner