Which Key server?

[Thomas Sjögren]

On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 10:49:48PM -0500, CL Gilbert wrote:
> whats with the hkp:// and the x-hkp:// stuff? I have never seen that
> before.  

hkp stands for HTTP Keyserver Protocol, x-hkp is hkp with an additional
header.
More info:
http://vesuvio.ipv6.cselt.it/internet-drafts/draft-shaw-openpgp-hkp-00.txt

> My program, enigmail, does not really have a place for the
> protocol, but just the server name, should that be ok?

That usuallt works as well, most programs add the needed protocol.

/Thomas
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