On Wed Jan 26, 2011 at 17:13:22 -0500, Jerry wrote: > On Wed, 26 Jan 2011 16:21:26 -0500 > Daniel Kahn Gillmor <[email protected]> articulated: > > > On 01/26/2011 01:14 PM, Jerry wrote: > > > Does anyone know if there is a problem with the following keyserver: > > > > > > hkp://keys.gnupg.net > > > > > > I have not been able to connect with it for several days now. > > > > keys.gnupg.net is a DNS round robin. > > > > if one of them fails, the other ones should be responsive at least. > > from my perspective on the network, i see: > > > > keys.gnupg.net. 86400 IN A > > 129.128.98.22 keys.gnupg.net. 86400 IN > > A 193.174.13.74 keys.gnupg.net. 86400 > > IN A 209.234.253.170 > > > > which are these machines: > > > > 129.128.98.22: pgp.srv.ualberta.ca. > > 193.174.13.74: pgpkeys.pca.dfn.de. > > 209.234.253.170: zimmermann.mayfirst.org. > > > > > > the last one (zimmermann.mayfirst.org, which i maintain) is functional > > for me, at least. > > > > the first one at least doesn't seem to be responsive at all right now, > > though :( > > > > you may also be interested in pool.sks-keyservers.net, which is > > updated automatically. > > Thanks, I have added that URL. Now, if I might ask a stupid question, > is there a specific port number that is used? I just want to make sure > my firewall is setup correctly. Presently I have it setup to allow any > port # for those URLs.
I think it's the Horowitz Keyserver Protocol (hkp) which typically uses port 11371 (see [1]). [1] http://www.iana.org/assignments/port-numbers Michael _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
