Which keyserver

accounts-gnupg at holbrook.no accounts-gnupg at holbrook.no
Fri Sep 18 15:04:35 CEST 2020


I wasn't aware of WKD, thanks for the heads up.

Is it possible to define multiple sources of keys with WKD, for example
with a dns TXT record? The use-case would be if the main server is down,
alternative places to get it.


On Fri, Sep 18, 2020 at 12:55:45PM +0200, Vincent Breitmoser via Gnupg-users wrote:
> 
> > What is the status of WKD now, and is it to superseed centralized key
> > servers ?
> 
> Not for folks who have their email address at the domain of an email provider,
> or an organization that doesn't support WKD. So statistically, everyone but
> a rounding error.
> 
> That said, for folks who run their own domain, a it seems WKD is gaining some
> ground.  keys.o.o has a (sort of experimental) "[WKD as a Service]" feature, and
> at this point there are more than 100 domains running on it. That's not a huge
> amount, assuming most of those are single-user domains, but it's something :)
> 
>  - V
> 
> [WKD as a Service]: https://keys.openpgp.org/about/usage#wkd-as-a-service
> 
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