getting the Debian pgp key

I'm still having the problem, but now I'm  thinking that it 
might be because my ISP is temporarily (I hope) blacklisted.

Anne

JR > * Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd at debian.org> [070320 03:30]:
JR > >

JR > > | I've tried to obtain the public key as described in the 
JR > > | README file in bin/linux/Debian on CRAN. The server 
JR > > | specified in the README times out. The mit public key 
JR > > | server responds that there is no such key.
JR > > 
JR > > Based on the last messages by Johannes and Vincent, I would expect these
JR > > files to be on all CRAN mirrors. Maybe you can just try a different one?
JR >  
JR > I am not sure if it makes sense to put the keys on the mirrors. If they
JR > should be compromised, the keys could be compromised, too, so I would
JR > think it's better to only provide them from an independent source as the 
JR > keyserver network. 
JR > 
JR > As Vincent, I was just able to receive the keys with the given command
JR > from the keyservers, no timeout. Could you please report, Anne, if the
JR > server still times out and if you could solve your problem?
JR > 
JR > Of course, Vincent is right, you can also choose to trust the CRAN
JR > servers and ignore the warning, that the key is not on your system.
JR > 
JR > Johannes
JR > 
JR > 
JR > > Dirk
JR > > 
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