Problem with keyserver

[Jerry]

On Wed, 26 Jan 2011 16:21:26 -0500
Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg at fifthhorseman.net> articulated:

> On 01/26/2011 01:14 PM, Jerry wrote:
> > Does anyone know if there is a problem with the following keyserver:
> > 
> >  hkp://keys.gnupg.net
> > 
> > I have not been able to connect with it for several days now.
> 
> keys.gnupg.net is a DNS round robin.
> 
> if one of them fails, the other ones should be responsive at least.
> from my perspective on the network, i see:
> 
> keys.gnupg.net.		86400	IN	A
> 129.128.98.22 keys.gnupg.net.		86400	IN
> A	193.174.13.74 keys.gnupg.net.		86400
> IN	A	209.234.253.170
> 
> which are these machines:
> 
> 129.128.98.22: pgp.srv.ualberta.ca.
> 193.174.13.74: pgpkeys.pca.dfn.de.
> 209.234.253.170: zimmermann.mayfirst.org.
> 
> 
> the last one (zimmermann.mayfirst.org, which i maintain) is functional
> for me, at least.
> 
> the first one at least doesn't seem to be responsive at all right now,
> though :(
> 
> you may also be interested in pool.sks-keyservers.net, which is
> updated automatically.

Thanks, I have added that URL. Now, if I might ask a stupid question,
is there a specific port number that is used? I just want to make sure
my firewall is setup correctly. Presently I have it setup to allow any
port # for those URLs.
-- 
Jerry ✌
GNUPG.user at seibercom.net
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