this is a GPG keyserver proxy that serves keys from all the following servers combined:
point is to reduce situations when one keyserver has a key but another one which you use, doesnt
this proxy implements some methods from the latest (as of july 2024) OpenPGP HTTP Keyserver Protocol:
to set this as your keyserver, add this to ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf (create if doesnt exist):
keyserver {{host}}
to search for someone@example.com
curl {{protocol}}://{{host}}/pks/lookup\?search\=someone@example.com\&op\=index
to get key with ID 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000
curl {{protocol}}://{{host}}/pks/lookup\?search\=00000000000000000000000000000000000000000\&op\=get
your requests are fairly private as nothing but your IP is exposed to keyservers to circumvent DoS attacks via this service. you can use an http proxy if that concerns you
this website does not store keys but in temporary cache. refer to upstream servers for that