Top Level page for www.pgp.net at earth.net.uk.pgp.net [00060918] (original) (raw)
The pgp.net domain is currently primarily concerned with making access to users PGP keys as simple as possible. It does havea list of some of theservers which hold PGP sources(as on the TERENA Secure Email CD), but this role is secondary.
The pgp.net domain services run on a number of replicated servers. Using the name www.pgp.net for Web access will get you a "random" one, due to the DNS's shuffling of A RRs(this page is from earth.net.uk.pgp.net). You may instead choose to use a Web server which is "nearer" to you. You can let the server guess, select to force the use ofearth.net.uk.pgp.net, or choose from:at,ca,ch,dk,de,no,se,uk,(or maybe out of date ones:tw,itor some under development:au).
Most of these usemirror, but it is also possible usingVictor Parada'swebcopy.
Additional offers to mirror greatfully accepted bypostmaster@mail.pgp.net.
_This domain is still at an early stage in its development._Any offers to populate this page will be greatfully accepted. The main areas are:
- Released: the Email Key Server -- keys.pgp.net
- Released: the PGP 5.0 compatible WWW Key Servers -- wwwkeys.pgp.net(replacing the old www.pgp.net)
- Released: the FTP Key Servers -- ftp.pgp.net(also holds PGP code)
- Released: comp.security.pgp FAQ as a tree (or monolithic as HTML and ASCII)
Also the PGP FAQ NL
Anyone using (or contemplating using) PGP 5 should readBrad Knowles'PGP 5 Tipson how to get things to actually work.
Known future developments in PGP servers and related subjects are:
- Michael Graff explorer@flame.org is working on a "2nd Generation" key server, based on a DNS style distributed & delegated systems.
- Marc Horowitz has re-implemented the "current" email based key server, using C instead of perl, and using C instead of PGP to manage keys. Contact "Jeffrey I. Schiller" jis@mit.edu for more details.
- UKERNA Secure Email Project : A paper only report of what ac.uk might have done about secure email (not taken up).
To pad this out a bit, here are a few PGP related liks ...
- bcn.boulder.co.us : Stats about the PGP keyring sigs etc
- pegasus.esprit.ec.org : HTML and PS copies of the PGP doc/
- [ currently not available ] efh.org : EFH Pretty Good Privacy Workshop : long introduction to PGP
- www.pgpi.com : The International (non-US) PGP Home Page : PGP*i + links elsewhere
- world.std.com : The WWW Virtual Library: Cryptography, PGP, and Your Privacy
- mantis.co.uk : Obtaining PGP, an intro, etc (now at thegate.gamers.org)
- [ currently not available ] surfnet secure email
- yahoo.com : Links to PGP and related sources, FAQs
- Parent Server Specific parent