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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 27 Jun 2000, Tsolis, Kristen wrote: > > I'm going to try to keep this operational, but it's hard because you're > > going to find that support for making a robust keyserver network hinges > > upon > > people agreeing that such a service is needed, and many PGP users are > > going > > to tell you that such a keyserver violates the PGP trust model. > > > > Discussion in detail as to why that's so is seriously off-topic, and so > > I'm > > not going to try to defend the point one way or the other; I'm merely > > commenting that many PGP users will think it's so, and that's enough for > > the purposes of this discussion. I don't think it is. You can't make a statement like that (when every indication says that the opposite is true) and expect people to "accept for the sake of discussion" that it is true. Keyservers are purely distribution outlets. They have no bearing on the PGP Web of Trust. (You're right that this is probably off-topic for NANOG, which is why I suggested we move the discussion to keyserver-folks, but I just wanted to point out that I don't see how/why anyone would think that a reliable keyserver network would negatively impact the web of trust. That list can be joined by sending mail to: [email protected] ) In fact, such a network would improve the Web of Trust immensely, because signatures and signature revocations would propogate more quickly and thoroughly. Nothing but good can come out of a stable robust keyserver network. __ L. Sassaman System Administrator | "Everything looks bad Technology Consultant | if you remember it." icq.. 10735603 | pgp.. finger://ns.quickie.net/rabbi | --Homer Simpson -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: OpenPGP Encrypted Email Preferred. iD8DBQE5WOFVPYrxsgmsCmoRAnrJAJ9+NFayvxVZKs2FYSSUotu2k4WRhwCdHi4S R/fRLvw/rTFyyDvuZrhl2S0= =hwdP -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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