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Re: FW: public key service
- From: L. Sassaman
- Date: Tue Jun 27 15:37:47 2000
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On Tue, 27 Jun 2000 ktsolis@mindspring.com wrote:
> A slight correction....
>
> 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.
>
> Hm? These words have been misattributed to me.
Oops, was that my fault? Shawn McMahon <smcmahon@eiv.com> is the person
quoted there.
> I don't see any reason why the PGP trust model would be compromised by
> a keyserver network since the individual PGP user is checking keys and
> deciding which keys to trust.
You are absolutely correct.
> I welcome further conversation re:ISP-run keyservers on the
> keyserver-folks list, but I hope to see further coordination re: a
> NANOG keysigning party on this list.
Again, I would be willing to organize this. I have done keysignings of
various sizes before, and each time it gets a little smoother. Phil Z. and
I have been talking about methods of making large-scale keysignings happen
more efficiently, and I would love the chance to see if our ideas will
improve things.
- --Len.
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L. Sassaman
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