Off Topic: Getting PGP and GnuPG Public Keys

[Peter Palfrader]

On Tue, 05 Dec 2006, xiando wrote:

> tickets.rutgers.edu
broken.  Do not use.

> pgp.mit.edu
broken.  Do not use.

> keyserver.veridis.com
broken.  Do not use.

> pgp.keyserver.ch
broken.  Do not use.

> pgp.surfnet.nl
SKS.  good.

> www.stinkfoot.org
SKS.  good.

> pgp.es.net

broken.  Do not use.

> pgp.rediris.es
SKS.  good.

> pgp.nic.ad.jp
broken.  Do not use.

> pgp.uk.demon.net
broken.  Do not use.

> pgp.zdv.uni-mainz.de
SKS.  good.

> keyserver.linux.it
SKS.  good.

> keys.iif.hu
broken.  Do not use.

> pgp.eteo.mondragon.edu
broken.  Do not use.


Sorry, giving out lists of keyservers is usually just bad advice.
Better tell people to use subkeys.pgp.net, or
random.sks.keyserver.penguin.de.  These are two rotations that include
only servers that are known to properly handle PGP keys, including
subkeys and attribute UIDs.

All the keyserver marked as broken are known to either ignore keyupdates
to certain keys, to only partially update keys, or even worse to mangle,
i.e. add garbage to keys.  Do not use them for anything.

Only use subkeys.pgp.net or random.sks.keyserver.penguin.de and tell
your friends the same.
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