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Re: key server lookup protocol?

1997-09-03 08:44:34
FWIW, it would have been *really* nice if this had been implemented as a WWW
transaction, instead of as a separate protocol (on a separate port). Ah
well; too late now, I guess.

PGP 5.0 sends the following request:
"GET /pks/lookup?op=get&exact=on&search=<Email Address|Key ID> HTTP/1.0"

Great.  So it is HTTP.  Then maybe extend it a little bit so that HTTP 
proxy servers can be used (which is very often the case for people 
living behind corporate firewalls). 


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