keys.gnupg.net - Refresh all public keys never completes in Enigmail, some servers down?

[Kristian Fiskerstrand]

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On 08/12/2014 09:21 PM, OmegaPhil wrote:
> Please CC me in etc, I'm not subscribed to the list.
> 
> Haven't been able to 'refresh all public keys' on keys.gnupg.net
> in Enigmail for a while now (only have two keys), so I had a look
> at the servers responsible (host keys.gnupg.net) - the following
> appear to be bad for me accessing from the UK:
> 
> 131.155.141.70: No response to pings 63.230.134.161: Destination
> Host Unreachable 173.175.198.28: No response to pings

Using ping is not a reliable way to check availability, the icmp
protocol is often blocked by the firewall, you should do a HTTP get
request.

As for your issues, try using --keyserver
hkp://p80.pool.sks-keyservers.net:80 to rule out any firewall blocking
11371 etc.


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Kristian Fiskerstrand
Blog: http://blog.sumptuouscapital.com
Twitter: @krifisk
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Public OpenPGP key 0xE3EDFAE3 at hkp://pool.sks-keyservers.net
fpr:94CB AFDD 3034 5109 5618 35AA 0B7F 8B60 E3ED FAE3
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