pgp.mit.edu is unhappy (was Re: wierd error message)

David Shaw dshaw@jabberwocky.com
Wed Jul 31 20:57:02 2002


On Wed, Jul 31, 2002 at 03:03:15PM +0530, Dr. Sharukh K. R. Pavri. wrote:
> I am using mutt 1.4 w/ gnupg 1.07. I have mutt and gnupg setup to
> automatically retrieve keys. I am getting the following error for this
> particular key :
> 
> 
> gpg: Signature made Tue 30 Jul 2002 06:16:57 PM IST using RSA key ID
> ED9547ED
> gpg: requesting key ED9547ED from HKP keyserver pgp.mit.edu

pgp.mit.edu seems to be having problems at the moment.  Try requesting
that key
(i.e. http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xED9547ED)
and you get a bunch of stuff (HTTP headers, etc) mixed in with the key
data.  Try using another keyserver.

David

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