Mailing List Archive: How to build a keyserver?

How to build a keyserver?

Mar 31, 2000, 1:34 AM

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Hi all -

I'm currently building a university network here in Africa, and since most
of the staff aren't in the habit of using email, it seems like a good time
to introduce them to crypto and signing stuff.

Since our connections to the outside world are unreliable, and since
there isn't one here in Zimbabwe yet, I'd like to build a keyserver.

Can any of you give me a pointer to a reference to what it takes to make a
keyserver?

Thanks.

- -Ben Heavner
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Re: How to build a keyserver? [ In reply to ]

benl at usn

Mar 31, 2000, 4:24 AM

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Hi,

at http://www.highware.com/openkeyserver you can get a key server for the
following operating systems:
- FreeBSD
- Linux
- Solaris
- MacOs X

as usual, for non-commercial use it is for free otherwise you will have to
pay for it.

Have fun with, it
Greeting Ben van der Leeden.

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Re: How to build a keyserver? [ In reply to ]

jgh at megsinet

Mar 31, 2000, 8:03 AM

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http://www.mit.edu/people/marc/pks/pks.html

main url is http://pgp.mit.edu

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----- Original Message -----
From: Ben Heavner <bheavner@africau.icon.co.zw>
Date: Friday, March 31, 2000 2:34 am
Subject: How to build a keyserver?

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> Hi all -
>
> I'm currently building a university network here in Africa, and
> since most
> of the staff aren't in the habit of using email, it seems like a
> good time
> to introduce them to crypto and signing stuff.
>
> Since our connections to the outside world are unreliable, and since
> there isn't one here in Zimbabwe yet, I'd like to build a keyserver.
>
> Can any of you give me a pointer to a reference to what it takes
> to make a
> keyserver?
>
> Thanks.
>
> - -Ben Heavner
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Re: How to build a keyserver? [ In reply to ]

stefan at epy

Mar 31, 2000, 11:08 AM

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On Fri, 31 Mar 2000, Ben Heavner wrote:
>
> Hi all -
>
> I'm currently building a university network here in Africa, and since most
> of the staff aren't in the habit of using email, it seems like a good time
> to introduce them to crypto and signing stuff.
>
> Since our connections to the outside world are unreliable, and since
> there isn't one here in Zimbabwe yet, I'd like to build a keyserver.
>
> Can any of you give me a pointer to a reference to what it takes to make a
> keyserver?
>
> Thanks.
>
> -Ben Heavner
>

I thoroughly recommend pks over oks, because the latter gave
me headaches when using both pgp and gpg (duplicated signatures)

Furthermore pks is the only free keyserver software and Highware
won't even give you the sources to hack around. (baaahh ;)

http://www.mit.edu/people/marc/pks/pks.html

good luck!

Stefan