Automatic update of keyring

[David Shaw]

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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Andrew McDonald
> > Subject: Re: Automatic update of keyring
> >=20
> > When this came up last time I was passed a patch that added such an
> > option. I understand that Werner didn't want to include it due to
> > reasonable concerns about the load that might be placed on the
> > keyservers if everybody used it.

On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 05:58:12PM -0400, Fabian Rodriguez - Admin. ColExt.=
org wrote:
> Hi,
>=20
> How about releasing it as a module ? (usable with --load-module)
>=20
> F.

The loadable module interface isn't really usable for this sort of
thing - it's only for crypto modules.

The LDAP keyserver code I wrote for gpg allows multiple key fetches
over one persistent connection which helps reduce the load that a
keyring refresh like that causes.  It's still not cheap though.

David

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