[imp] Public PGP Server Timeout?

[Rick Emery]

Quoting Michael M Slusarz <slusarz at bigworm.colorado.edu>:

> It can't.  PHP does not support socket timeouts that work correctly across
> ALL platforms so I haven't even attempted to implement that.  Additionally,
> this would require both compilation of an additional module into PHP for
> use with Horde (the sockets module) which at this time is marked
> as "experimental"... not exactly something you want to be using in a
> production environment.
> 
> (And before anyone says anything, the PEAR Sockets library does _not_
> implement timeouts correctly at the kernel level so that is not a potential
> solution).
> 
> Additionally, there is no timeout option to the gnupg binary either.
> 
> If anyone has a solution, I would love to hear it.  Until that time you can
> either choose a different keyserver (I have found search.keyserver.net
> seems to work better than wwwkeys.pgp.net).
> 
> michael

Makes sense, thanks. I've been using pgp.mit.edu; I have had better success
finding keys there than anywhere else. I haven't had any problems until this
morning, and it's back up now.

Thanks for the reply,
Rick