Can't get key from keyserver: eof

[David DeSimone]

I have the strangest problem with GPG.  It can't won't talk to any
keyservers.

First, version info:

    gpg (GnuPG) 1.0.0

    Supported algorithms:
    Cipher: IDEA, 3DES, CAST5, BLOWFISH, TWOFISH
    Pubkey: RSA, RSA-E, RSA-S, ELG-E, DSA, ELG
    Hash: MD5, SHA1, RIPEMD160

    gcc version 2.8.1

    HP-UX version 10.20

Here's the error message I get:

    gpg: Signature made Sat, Oct 30, 1999 04:25:24 PM CDT using RSA key ID 766CD151
    gpg: requesting key 766CD151 from wwwkeys.us.pgp.net ...
    gpg: can't get key from keyserver: eof
    gpg: Can't check signature: public key not found


I wondered why this would happen, so I tried talking to the server
directly.

    % netcat wwwkeys.us.pgp.net 11371
    GET /pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x766CD151 HTTP/1.0

    HTTP/1.0 200 OK
    Server: pks_www/0.9.4
    Content-type: text/html

    <title>Public Key Server -- Get ``0x766CD151
    ''</title><p>
    <h1>Public Key Server -- Get ``0x766CD151
    ''</h1><p>
    <pre>
    -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
    Version: 5.0
    Comment: PGP Key Server 0.9.4

    mQENAzdC3hAAAAEIAL4Ps0mAZRJj9e2ULY8+gRRSSMw2fnyYb97vNsV326dLgnKi
    96EFknbjDruCex1qXO0ddpfME4cssWPE8ZAdmbrLKFHh8TobI83Bed0FYegIGCW/
    U+q/XKk4DlBCvx+mflmeaAc/sAg9ouczQKjiQ9ipznjgL8lq01DaOh4yJ/89pscj
    NDArQ4LndjVI1ahb9kgxBdsGo4/C41t2SY6apR73syIFDPk2hRhmEnj9usCvkhME
    NU8G+8gBHUjxvjWOU+tDl8+Rj6A391Wuk5FN4sMHBcU7nwaIpq2Ag1L6hrex9S6D
    N3QCZB+hprsziO99nQ35aQb1m82ogFdVJ3Zs0VEABRG0L0dlcm8gVHJldW5lciA8
    Z2Vyb0BmYXZldmUudW5pLXN0dXR0Z2FydC5kZT4gLzIviQCVAwUTN0Lgb0IBUTWG
    T7StAQGk1gP/ZhTA4BipWesFjGJCkqkhmoJKqYOoa8cVeGGmPW+MH19jeXFtevvZ
    iKMkNWks7tkPfPY6E5rhYWx2JXCAI3uCq+7vOK9YX7twllu0S8/pANEkubapZPxb
    3O/C3oSYSoE31dq8RGebv0WSYpmEaE1LDAOx5Z8NGWjy+qaCb5mM7aWJARUDBRA3
    Qt6WgFdVJ3Zs0VEBARTIB/9e7vYUWwsxhGNcDclcb31+uz+5nlhHvRHimssECpfJ
    G/FV3XcFw2/zYMSGU4MOBowGhdsO+iHm5uULaJwNuHFFvYo6cGLR4X0ofl99gTxh
    BNCSmshte0wMHoUJW0Wl3cM3c/N1xa3XDmrJ3ECaRUb2nlYWwRaAGEVcxCHx6p64
    ruFL5YcLnEW+cDqtqiQ95FNYYQ+mRJglZl5K0nG1me4qBmXlhfkz8bknl1yV9TdO
    1JRViQWTEUkWJLusxkm9KIzyAtbxAIgMNOepsDzTDQpC2DjQKezxGl0Wdba64xLS
    kD/NQl7aFd4fOumFY4kSeO2Ci571PJCRn1/zYIHyFf0I
    =EQZL
    -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
    </pre>

Okay, so the server is reachable, and I can get data from it just fine!
Playing with syscall tracing, I see that gpg opens the connection, sends
the data, and then just disconnects right afterward.  Why would it do
that?

Please CC me, as I am not (yet) subscribed to this list.  Thanks!

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David DeSimone   | "The doctrine of human equality reposes on this:
fox@rsn.hp.com   |  that there is no man really clever who has not
Hewlett-Packard  |  found that he is stupid." -- Gilbert K. Chesterson
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