Robert J. Hansen wrote: > On 04/12/2012 02:38 PM, Malte Gell wrote: >> Any new key servers recommended to use? > > No. > > pool.sks-keyservers.net isn't really very much of a keyserver. It > doesn't service your requests itself. Instead, it picks a random > known-good keyserver from the global keyserver network and proxies your > request there. This way, load is broken up among the entire network. > > As new keyservers join the global keyserver network, > pool.sks-keyservers.net adds them to its own list. So really, that's > the only address you need. :)
It's best to stick with the pool address, otherwise if you select a single server, you'll run into trouble if it's offline or there is a connectivity issue, e.g. last Friday I had new cable and DSL equipment installed, each of my servers was offline while its new CPE was installed. That was a couple hours for the AT&T U-Verse DSL link. There are usually anywhere from 80 to 100 servers in the pool. pool.sks-keyservers.net is a random selection of 20 of them. There are also some specialty pools. You may read more about those at http://sks-keyservers.net/overview-of-pools.php pool.sks-keyservers.net is the best choice ;-) -John -- John P. Clizbe Inet: John (a) Gingerbear DAWT net John (@) Enigmail DAWT net or: John (@) Keyservers DAWT net FSF Assoc #995 / FSFE Fellow #1797 hkp://keyserver.gingerbear.net or mailto:pgp-public-k...@gingerbear.net?subject=HELP Q:"Just how do the residents of Haiku, Hawai'i hold conversations?" A:"An odd melody / island voices on the winds / surplus of vowels" _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
