From 9d9bc4fc0b49491be9a26aa217957480241a24c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lars Wirzenius Date: Thu, 9 May 2019 15:15:22 +0300 Subject: Add: point at and recommend SKS keyservers --- pgptalk.mdwn | 14 +++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/pgptalk.mdwn b/pgptalk.mdwn index 1a08915..569206a 100644 --- a/pgptalk.mdwn +++ b/pgptalk.mdwn @@ -166,7 +166,19 @@ Publishing a public key are hoax keys with real names * **In principle** it doesn't matter which keyserver you use, the - built-in default should be good enough + built-in default should be good enough, except sometimes it isn't + + * New Keys and updates to keys propagate across the network + automatically, but sometimes it takes time, even weeks + + * This pool of keyservers seems to be better than most:
+ + + * Add this line to **~/.gnupg/gpg.conf** and **dirmngr.conf**: +
`keyserver hkps://hkps.pool.sks-keyservers.net` + + * Technically, only dirmngr.conf should be needed, but in my + experience things work better if it's in both. --- -- cgit v1.2.1