problem while sending gpg key to mit key server

Mikkel L. Ellertson mikkel at infinity-ltd.com
Sun Jul 15 00:41:45 UTC 2007


Mustafa Qasim wrote:
> 
> 
> On 7/15/07, *Mikkel L. Ellertson* <mikkel at infinity-ltd.com
>
>     How are you connecting to the Internet? Do you go through a proxy?
>     If so, you will need the "--keyserver-options http-proxy=value"
>     option or set http_proxy in your shell.
> 
>     It sounds like something is blocking the connection from gpg to the
>     keyserver.
> 
>     Were you able to generate the ASCII file of your key?
> 
>     Mikkel
> 
> Yes! I am behind a proxy but all other work goes fine. I didn't need to
> set proxy path for any other work. but Ok our proxy is 10.0.0.1
> <http://10.0.0.1> ... now what is the syntax to declare proxy?
> 
That sounds more like a gateway then a proxy. You can try adding
something like "--keyserver-options http-proxy=10.10.10.1" to the
gpg command line when sending the key and see if that helps. (Shot
in the dark without knowing more about your network.)

Mikkel
-- 

  Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons,
for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!

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