DNS keyserver (was Re: gnupg-1.0.7: keyserver subdir?)

[David Shaw]

On Wed, Jul 10, 2002 at 03:08:36PM -0400, David Shaw wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 10, 2002 at 08:57:43PM +0200, Simon Josefsson wrote:
> 
> > > BTW, I like your keyserver handler. I only have one complaint. It should
> > > be named gpgkeys_x-jkp, not gpgkeys_jkp. This is because (correct me if
> > > I am wrong) protocols which have not been assigned a scheme must use
> > > "[Xx]\-.*" This could be solved with a symlink (which I have done). I
> > > know this is a nitpick, and you are free to ignore it.
> > 
> > Yup, I guess it should be changed.  Shouldn't HKP be X-HKP then too?
> 
> Perhaps.  Despite the variable and function names I used in the code,
> it's arguable whether the item specified in a 'keyserver' command is
> really a URI or not.  In any event, GnuPG 1.2 accepts either HKP or
> X-HKP.

Err, make that "...SHOULD BE really a URI or not.".

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David

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