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-Key servers are repositories of keys in public key systems, they are necessary infrastructure for the widespread and easy use of systems such as [PGP] and [GnuPG]. [KeyServer]s are publically accessible repositories of keys which alow
for querying, retrevial
and long-term archiving of public keys.
+Key servers are repositories of keys in public key systems, they are necessary infrastructure for the widespread and easy use of systems such as [PGP] and [GnuPG]. Normally
[KeyServer]s are publically accessible, allowing
for querying, retrieval
and long-term archiving of public keys.
+
+
+----
+!! Keyservers for [OpenPGP]
+(OpenPGP is the standard that [GPG] and [PGP] adhere to).
+
+If you're new to [GPG], and wondering what you're supposed to do with your newly created key, here are some key servers you can upload and receive keys to/from.
+
+Use a command like
+ gpg --keyserver <some.key.server> ...
+Or even better, add a line to your $HOME/.gnupg/options file like:
+ keyserver wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net
+(In recent versions of [GPG] -- such as 1.2.1 or later -- the options file has been renamed to gpg.conf)
There are many lists of publically accessible key servers, but many of the are very out-of-date. At the time of writing http://keyserver.kjsl.com/~jharris/keyserver.html was a good, current list.
(I use and recommend the mit KeyServer: hkp://pgp.mit.edu / http://pgp.mit.edu/ StuartYeates)
+
+
+!"main" key server network
+
+These servers synchronise with each other
+* everything at http://www.au.pgp.net/pgpnet/ftp-key.html
+* wwwkeys.pgp.net (this uses round-robin [DNS])
+* wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net (a subset of the above)
+* the.earth.li (aka wwwkeys.uk.pgp.net)
+
+* www.pgpkeys.net (I think this is part of the above network...?)
+
+!"Other" key servers
+These servers (apparently?) don't synchronise with the above.
+
+* www.mandrakesecure.net
+* keyserver.net (this is on the [redhat manual|http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/custom-guide/s1-gnupg-export.html] as an example. Interestingly, it says that '' Because most keyservers are synchronized, sending your public key to one keyserver is usually as good as sending it to them all.'' Yet i can't pick up keys from it using the.earth.li. I also can't find keys on it from wwwkeys.nl.php.net -- AlastairPorter
