Re: pgp import problem (was Re: [SOLVED] Re: Problems with Gnome appearance.)

["s. keeling" <keeling@nucleus.com>]

Florian Kulzer <florian.kulzer+debian@icfo.es>:
>  On Sun, Jun 08, 2008 at 02:17:47 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote:
> 
>  [...]
> 
> > Sorry to jump in mid thread, but since this issue has popped up I
> > thought I'd mention a problem I've been having.
> > 
> > $ gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys 330C4A75
> > gpg: requesting key 330C4A75 from hkp server subkeys.pgp.net
> > gpgkeys: key 330C4A75 not found on keyserver
> > gpg: invalid radix64 character 2E skipped
> > gpg: invalid radix64 character 3A skipped
> > gpg: invalid radix64 character 5F skipped
> > gpg: invalid radix64 character 2E skipped
> > gpg: invalid radix64 character 2E skipped
> > gpg: invalid radix64 character 2D skipped
> > gpg: invalid radix64 character 3A skipped
> > gpg: invalid radix64 character 3B skipped
> > gpg: malformed CRC
> > gpg: read_block: read error: invalid keyring
> > gpg: Total number processed: 0
> > $
> 
>  How does your DNS server resolve subkeys.pgp.net? I see five different
>  IP addresses, with preference given to either 213.239.206.174 or
>  64.71.173.107. Try if you still have this problem when you specify one
>  of these IPs as the keyserver.

I was experiencing failures (server timeout) apparently due to this
DNS issue (my DNS is my ISP).  I installed maradns locally, and the
problem disappeared.

Thanks for the hint.


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