SKS OpenPGP Keyserver
@zimmermann.mayfirst.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 That means that a key submitted to one SKS server will quickly be distributed to all key servers, and even wildly out-of-date servers, or servers that experience spotty connectivity, can fully synchronize with rest of the system.

You can find out more about SKS, along with links to graphs of the network status here.

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://zimmermann.mayfirst.org
http://zimmermann.mayfirst.org:11371
You can also select a random server by adding this to your keyserver list:
x-hkp://pool.sks-keyservers.net
http://pool.sks-keyservers.net:11371
[Server Status] If you have any questions about or problems with this server, please open a ticket.