on Sat, Sep 15, 2001 at 11:01:09PM +0200, Casper Gielen (casper@huiscomputer.homeip.net) wrote:
> Hi,
> I've set up to use GPG, it seems to work fine. However loading a signed
> message takes annoyingly long, 10 to 20 seconds.
I have a similar complaint, though it's not quite so long. I have to
wait a second or two for most messages to get a key verified.
Occasionally the delay is longer, I note that this is for keys that have
multiple identifiers. In my case, processor power may be an issue
(PPro/180), but it seems to be more than that.
WRT the keyserver/download issue, I've had problems when dealing with
keys that aren't publically accessible. I end to shoot such people a
short note suggesting they post their key to a keyserver, e.g.:
Please post your GPG key to a public keyserver for automated
retrieval. You can do this by adding a 'keyserver' line to
~/.gnupg/options (see details in file), e.g.:
keyserver keys.pgp.com
You can then submit your key with:
$ gpg --send-keys <your email address or other key identifier>
You can also add automated GPG key handling to many mailers, such as
mutt.
...which may look familiar to some of you ;-)
I am very strongly promoting GPG use, and encourage people to create
keys, export them, and sign their mail.
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