On Thu, 2019-02-28 at 12:56 +0000, Curt wrote: > On 2019-02-28, Jim Popovitch <[email protected]> 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. -Jim P.

