On Aug 14, 2014, at 1:08 AM, Doug Barton <do...@dougbarton.us> wrote:
> On 08/12/2014 11:27 PM, shm...@riseup.net wrote: >> i've seen a multitude of ways people input data into this pref >> >> for example, some people put a link to their public key .asc or .txt file >> >> some others put a link to an actual keyserver >> >> from the name of the actual pref, it states a keyserver, so shouldn't >> users input a link to their Preferred keyserver and not a link to >> download a public key or txt file ? > > Please don't use this option, or encourage its use. It leads to the trap > described here: > > https://dougbarton.us/PGP/stale-keyserver-url.html > > which most users (even those few who update their keyrings) cannot figure out > how to escape. Perhaps the problem here is not the option, but the behavior on failure. If querying the preferred keyserver does not return a response during a refresh (for whatever reason), maybe GPG should continue on and try to get the key from the standard --keyserver location. After all, it's a "preferred" keyserver. Not an "exclusive" keyserver. David _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
