Key Servers

Chuck Robey chuckr@picnic.mat.net
Fri, 21 Jan 2000 17:25:42 -0500 (EST)


On 21 Jan 2000, ESP wrote:


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> >>>>> "CR" == Chuck Robey <chuckr@picnic.mat.net> writes:
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> CR> I was wondering about finding an explanation of what key
> CR> servers are (the general function seems obvious to me) and if
> CR> there are any really large ones.
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> Uh, the idea is to get your public key out to lots of people. Obvious
> benefits ensue.
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> There are a lot of great keyservers out there. The one I like best,
> for performance reasons, is:
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> http://www.keyserver.net/en/
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> They also have a list of other servers, if you want to use those.
Thanks! Stuff like this would seem to be prime FAQ material.
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> ~ESP
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