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> Well, the fundamental point you haven't mentioned here is that the PGP > keyserver network, past and present, is entirely a volunteer-based > service. as are almost all the dns root servers. and, despite occasional hysterical whining on this list, they provide a serious production service on which we are all successfully betting our asses. this is not to say that i do not deeply appreciate the current volunteer efforts. but, as we rely more and more on pgp, we need a serious production quality service. > One thing I would like to see is more ISPs running keyservers for the use > of their customers. i wonder if a few of the large providers might be able to field a production quality distributed service. or help the current volunteers to do so. > I attended the Keyserver Managers Symposium in Holland last month. A lot > of great ideas were presented, and a lot of problems discussed. One thing > is clear, and that is that the current PGP keyserver network needs to be > redesigned if it is to scale to another order of magnitude as far as > capacity. plan for a few orders of magnitude. > I expect that we will see good things happen in this regard in the next > year or so. how can providers help? and now, not in the vague future. randy
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