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keys.gnupg.net fails DNS round robin
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Half the DNS load balance redirects fail for keys.gnupg.net. 404s abound. If
the DNS problems cannot be solved, perhaps the documentation should no longer
use keys.gnupg.net as the example for key server. No need to make what is
already a daunting and painful process for newbies any harder.

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nobody added a project: Bug Report.Mar 13 2014, 3:27 AM
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• werner added a project: Not A Bug.Mar 17 2014, 11:13 AM
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keys.gnupg.net. 86400 IN CNAME pool.sks-keyservers.net.

As you can see from the above zone entry this is just a CNAME for the standard
SKS pool. The members of the SKS poool are added and removed on the fly and
depending on your DNS resolve it may takle a while until unresponsive servers
have been removed. Sorry. I can't do anything about it.

• werner closed this task as Resolved.Mar 17 2014, 11:13 AM
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