key

SKS OpenPGP Keyserver
@ice.mudshark.org

SKS is a OpenPGP keyserver whose goal is to provide easy to deploy, decentralized, and highly reliable synchronization. That means that a key submitted to one SKS server will quickly be distributed to all key servers, and even wildly out-of-date servers, or servers that experience spotty connectivity, can fully synchronize with rest of the system.

The official project page for the SKS keyserver is hosted by monotone:

mtn clone ice.mudshark.org --branch=org.mudshark.sks

Extract a key

You can extract a key by typing in some words that appear in the userid of the key you're looking for, or by typing in the keyid in hex format ("0x...")

Search String:
Show PGP "fingerprints" for keys
Show SKS full-key hashes
Search for keys:
get index of matching keys
get verbose index of matching keys
retrieve ascii-armored keys
retrieve keys by full-key hash

Submit a key

You can submit a key by simply pasting in the ASCII-armored version of your key and clicking on submit.

Access

To use this server directly via HKP add this to your PGP keyserver list:
     x-hkp://ice.mudshark.org
     http://ice.mudshark.org:80
     http://ice.mudshark.org:11371
You can also select a random server by adding this to your keyserver list:
     http://pool.sks-keyservers.net:11371
     http://pool.sks-keyservers.net:11371
[Server Status] If you have any questions about or problems with this server, contact me at the following address:
jack-sks@mudshark.org

100524: upgrade to sks 1.1.1 and FreeBSD. Rebuild.

091215: Rebuild KDB (bdb inconsistency), update web pages

081130: finish update to sks 1.1.0, update web pages

081116: Rebuild KDB and upgrade to sks 1.1.0 (rm -rf run amok)

080806: Rebuild KDB (disk crash)

080516: Rebuild KDB (disk full)

071217: Rebuilt PTree DB (power failure)

061228: New IP address

061218: Rebuilt PTree DB (power failure)

060702: Rebuilt PTree DB (power failure)

050923: Upgraded to sks 1.0.10