Use new experimental SKS server #72
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The SKS keyserver network is vulnerable to spam attacks, and these attacks started to happen. Downloading a spammed key will break GnuPG installation "in hard to debug ways". To mitigate this problem, switch to using a new experimental keyserver that is not part of the SKS network. This server has its own limitations, but it seems to be the way to go in the future. For more information about the SKS network attack: https://gist.github.com/rjhansen/67ab921ffb4084c865b3618d6955275f Fixes sociomantic-tsunami#72.
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The SKS keyserver network is vulnerable to spam attacks, and these attacks started to happen. Downloading a spammed key will break GnuPG installation "in hard to debug ways". To mitigate this problem, switch to using a new experimental keyserver that is not part of the SKS network. This server has its own limitations, but it seems to be the way to go in the future. For more information about the SKS network attack: https://gist.github.com/rjhansen/67ab921ffb4084c865b3618d6955275f Fixes sociomantic-tsunami#72.
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The SKS keyserver network is vulnerable to spam attacks, and these attacks started to happen. Downloading a spammed key will break GnuPG installation "in hard to debug ways". To mitigate this problem, switch to using a new experimental keyserver that is not part of the SKS network. This server has its own limitations, but it seems to be the way to go in the future. For more information about the SKS network attack: https://gist.github.com/rjhansen/67ab921ffb4084c865b3618d6955275f Fixes sociomantic-tsunami#72.
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The SKS keyserver network is vulnerable to spam attacks, and these attacks started to happen. Downloading a spammed key will break GnuPG installation "in hard to debug ways". To mitigate this problem, switch to using a new experimental keyserver that is not part of the SKS network. This server has its own limitations, but it seems to be the way to go in the future. For more information about the SKS network attack: https://gist.github.com/rjhansen/67ab921ffb4084c865b3618d6955275f Fixes sociomantic-tsunami#72.
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The SKS keyserver network is vulnerable to spam attacks, and these attacks started to happen. Downloading a spammed key will break GnuPG installation "in hard to debug ways". To mitigate this problem, switch to using a new experimental keyserver that is not part of the SKS network. This server has its own limitations, but it seems to be the way to go in the future. For more information about the SKS network attack: https://gist.github.com/rjhansen/67ab921ffb4084c865b3618d6955275f Fixes sociomantic-tsunami#72.
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The SKS keyserver network is vulnerable to spam attacks, and these attacks started to happen. Downloading a spammed key will break GnuPG installation "in hard to debug ways". To mitigate this problem, switch to using a new experimental keyserver that is not part of the SKS network. This server has its own limitations, but it seems to be the way to go in the future. For more information about the SKS network attack: https://gist.github.com/rjhansen/67ab921ffb4084c865b3618d6955275f Fixes sociomantic-tsunami#72.
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Since the SKS Network is under attack, we should use the new experimental SKS server that has some measures to prevent spamming attacks.
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