can't get key from keyserver: Connection refused

[Werner Koch]

Lars Hecking <lhecking@nmrc.ucc.ie> writes:

> 
> gpg: Signature made Tue Nov 23 06:58:18 1999 GMT using DSA key ID XXXXXXXX
> gpg: requesting key XXXXXXXX from wwwkeys.pgp.net ...
> gpg: can't get key from keyserver: Connection refused

Some key servers are down quite often.  Try to figure out one that is 
more stable and use it's address (e.g. wwwkeys.ch.pgp.net,
blackhole.pca.dfn.de many more but those are the ones I use)

>  Is there any way to test the resp. keyserver from the command line,
>  e.g. telnet port 80 and issue <command>?

$ nc -v host 11371

And then issue HTTP commands.  I think a short explanation is in doc/DETAILS.



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Werner Koch at guug.de           www.gnupg.org           keyid 621CC013