[PING]: [PATCH GnuPG] dirmngr: Fix HKP keyserver access via HTTP proxy

[Torbjorn SVENSSON]

Hi Werner,

On 2026-10-08 14:32, Werner Koch wrote:
> On Thu,  8 Oct 2026 10:00, Torbjorn SVENSSON said:
> 
>>>> dirmngr[13.6] DBG: dns:
>>>> getsrv(_pgpkey-https._tcp.keyserver.ubuntu.com): Server indicated a
>>>> failure
> 
> DNS is required despite of the proxy to handle round-robin DNS resolving
> in a useful way.  There is no support for letting the server resolve the
> address.  You may use Tor, though.

Sorry, but Tor is not an alternative here.

The problem at hand is that the client has no access to the external system, or even a way to identify where the external system is located, only the proxy server has this access.
Thus, the DNS lookup must be deferred to the proxy server.

I understand that not all setups works this way and that some might allow DNS lookups, but prevent connections, but it's not how my use-case works.

Kind regards,
Torbjörn