Is there a protocol definition for fetching keys from key servers?

[David Shaw]

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On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 12:34:32PM +0200, Yaniv Kaul wrote:
> I can see that port 11371 is registered for OpenPGP, and it seem to be 
> using HTTP. However, the GET command is not entirely RFC compliant, 
> ending with \r\n instead of \r\n\r\n.

This is not correct.  A HKP request does end with \r\n\r\n.  The GnuPG
code sends the second \r\n in a different spot, so if you were
grepping for \r\n\r\n you wouldn't find it. ;)

> Is there a documentation for that protocol?

The protocol is currently being documented in an informational RFC.
The draft is:

  http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-shaw-openpgp-hkp-00.txt

David
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