Problem with keyserver

[Michael Fladerer]

On Wed Jan 26, 2011 at 17:13:22 -0500, Jerry wrote:
> 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.

I think it's the Horowitz Keyserver Protocol (hkp) which typically
uses port 11371 (see [1]).

[1] http://www.iana.org/assignments/port-numbers

Michael