On Thu, 2019-02-28 at 09:12 -0500, Jim Popovitch wrote: > On Thu, 2019-02-28 at 12:56 +0000, Curt wrote: > > On 2019-02-28, Jim Popovitch <j...@k4vqc.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > I don't have the protocol (hkp) - but the point was to remove > > > > the > > > > keyserver > > > > from dirmngr.conf - not sure if it is right for your DE though. > > > > > > Thanks for that, testing that now! > > > > Perhaps unrelated to your plight, but have you tried another pool? > > ping times to the North American pool from here (outside Lutèce) > > are > > significantly higher (if that even means anything) than those to > > the > > other pools I tried (primary, European, Oceania). > > > > https://sks-keyservers.net/overview-of-pools.php > > I originally switched from the default SKS pool to the NA pool (I > live in Atlanta, GA, USA) because I thought that the NA pool might > reduce/eliminate any latency issues for me. I do plan to test > further with with a custom pool of just 1 or 2 well-known key > servers in the closest proximity (net'wise) to me.
ha! it turns out that at least half of na.pool.sks-keyservers.net are IPs in Europe. /sigh -Jim P.
