multiple keyservers

David Shaw dshaw@jabberwocky.com
Mon May 12 02:39:03 2003


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On Sun, May 11, 2003 at 06:22:49PM -0400, Dennis Lambe Jr. wrote:
> If I specify multiple keyservers on the command line or in gpg.conf, how
> does that affect the behavior of the various keyserver operations?  If I
> send my key, which server does it get sent to?  all of them, the first
> one, the last one, a random one?  If I refresh my keys, where does the
> data get pulled from?  If I search, which servers get searched?  If I
> receive, which server sends what data in what order?

It is possible that a future version of GnuPG will use multiple
keyservers at once, but for now, the last specified keyserver is the
only one that is used.  All others are ignored.

David

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