Panu Matilainen wrote: > On Tue, 15 Feb 2005, Panu Matilainen wrote: >> >> Ahhah... This most likely has to do with rpm 4.4's automatic gpg key >> retrieval feature - I bet it's accessing network at that point and timing >> out because firewalls or such. > > Here's JBJ's original announcement about the feature, examples of the > performance hit it causes and how to disable it: > https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/pipermail/rpm-devel/2004-November/000146.html > > - Panu - > thanks. fired up ethereal, and it looks like its really getting gpg data from a server named cryptonomicon.mit.edu. best lars