HKP keyservers over SSL

Werner Koch wk at gnupg.org
Fri Apr 3 15:19:45 CEST 2009


On Wed,  1 Apr 2009 17:27, dkg at fifthhorseman.net said:

> However, i think that the arguments for using HKPS tend to suggest that
> a user would want to use a single known keyserver (or at least a pool
> maintained by the same administrator who can give them all the same host
> keys or get them all independently certified).

I agree here.  Thus we do not need to care about pooled keyservers
becuase you won't be abale to trust them.  The trust you have in a
certain keyserver was the original reason you asked for TLS support.


Shalom-Salam,

   Werner

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