pgp public key service is becoming critical infrastructure. unfortunately, i have been unable to get useful key lookup for a long time. i have been trying <http://pgpkeys.mit.edu/> at jeff schiller's recommendation, and <http://bs.mit.edu:8001/pks-toplev.html> which used to work once upon a time. neither work for me. what are people using? and, if no one else is succeeding, is it time for the isp community to field a reliable service? randy
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, Randy Bush wrote:
pgp public key service is becoming critical infrastructure. unfortunately, i have been unable to get useful key lookup for a long time. i have been trying <http://pgpkeys.mit.edu/> at jeff schiller's recommendation, and <http://bs.mit.edu:8001/pks-toplev.html> which used to work once upon a time. neither work for me.
what are people using?
E-Mail pgp-public-keys@keys.pgp.net. Subject: get keyid - get a key Subject: add - add a key (put it in the body) Subject: index userid - find a key This *should* work :) If not, install PGP and use certserver.pgp.com. Chris - -- Chris Horry - zerbey@wibble.co.uk ICQ 18279005 | "Hi there!" Operations Engineer and Abuse minion IRC Zerbey | ...@/ http://www.wibble.co.uk (UK Silliness) PGP DSA/2B4C654E RSA/A90483ED "Don't accept average habits, open your heart and push the limits"-MC -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.75 iD8DBQE5V6JMnAAeGCtMZU4RAgb8AJoCi2skxkYBTtu+IMFRw71CKWG7qgCfU9mm ryOYUC+pemp5c20ZX3DBRMg= =PfjT -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Randy: I have been using: http://wwwkeys.us.pgp.net It does not seem to be as heavily loaded as many of the other servers. (This posting is now likely to destroy that advantage :-) Having said that, it still takes 10 seconds or more to get a response. It would be good to have a set of servers that had enough horsepower to return answers more promptly. Bob At 11:25 AM 6/26/00 -0700, Randy Bush wrote:
pgp public key service is becoming critical infrastructure. unfortunately, i have been unable to get useful key lookup for a long time. i have been trying <http://pgpkeys.mit.edu/> at jeff schiller's recommendation, and <http://bs.mit.edu:8001/pks-toplev.html> which used to work once upon a time. neither work for me.
what are people using?
and, if no one else is succeeding, is it time for the isp community to field a reliable service?
randy
====================== Robert M. Enger enger@seka.erols.net Work: +1.703.208.5555 Cell: +1.202.256.2222 PGP Key ID: 0x5A815C1F
On Mon, 26 Jun 2000 11:25:43 PDT, Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> said:
pgp public key service is becoming critical infrastructure. unfortunately, i have been unable to get useful key lookup for a long time. i have been trying <http://pgpkeys.mit.edu/> at jeff schiller's recommendation, and <http://bs.mit.edu:8001/pks-toplev.html> which used to work once upon a time. neither work for me.
EXMH 2.1.2 and later shipped with http://keys.pgp.com:11371/pks/lookup as the URL to check by default. I would have put www.pgp.net as the server, but of the 5 servers I checked, 2 were net-unreachable and one tossed a 404. -- Valdis Kletnieks Operating Systems Analyst Virginia Tech
pgp public key service is becoming critical infrastructure. unfortunately, i have been unable to get useful key lookup for a long time. i have been trying <http://pgpkeys.mit.edu/> at jeff schiller's recommendation, and <http://bs.mit.edu:8001/pks-toplev.html> which used to work once upon a time. neither work for me. EXMH 2.1.2 and later shipped with http://keys.pgp.com:11371/pks/lookup as the URL to check by default. I would have put www.pgp.net as the server, but of the 5 servers I checked, 2 were net-unreachable and one tossed a
so, thanks to many nanogians, i now have a selection of servers, multi- addressed servers, an ldap server, ... i can try when i need this service. needless to say, i am not impressed. while i guess i can limp along like this, it does not feel like what i would call a production quality service. but thanks to all for the clues. randy
On Mon, Jun 26, 2000 at 01:39:49PM -0700, Randy Bush wrote:
so, thanks to many nanogians, i now have a selection of servers, multi- addressed servers, an ldap server, ... i can try when i need this service. needless to say, i am not impressed. while i guess i can limp along like this, it does not feel like what i would call a production quality service.
Randy, no offense, but it sounds like you have some seriously unrealistic expectations here. Exactly how much are you paying for this service? It sounds like you should receive a full refund.
Randy, no offense, but it sounds like you have some seriously unrealistic expectations here.
Exactly how much are you paying for this service? It sounds like you should receive a full refund.
reading mail sequentially again, eh? :-) your point would be well taken if i had not recently revealed that why i was verifying that my perception of the quality of the service was not widely off base in order to say that improving it was something for which i am willing to put money where my mouth is. (run-on sentence of the day contest entry) i could also point out that, until icann came along, the dns root server operators cost me nothing. not that i think they should not have their costs assisted. lest someone be confused, i am most definitely NOT suggesting icann or anything the slightest icann-like here <g>. randy
On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, Randy Bush wrote:
so, thanks to many nanogians, i now have a selection of servers, multi- addressed servers, an ldap server, ... i can try when i need this service. needless to say, i am not impressed. while i guess i can limp along like this, it does not feel like what i would call a production quality service.
Sounds like a great opportunity for some enteprising young people, eh?
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