Key server question

[Werner Koch]

 On Wed, Dec 08, 1999 at 06:57:41PM +0000
 Lars Hecking wrote:

>  Does the keyserver directive in ~/.gnupg/options go both ways, or should
>  I assume that one of the individuals I made my key available to under
>  the condition not to publicise it did just that? Maybe accidentally?

Probably yes.

ObenPGP has a flag defined that only the holder of a key is allowed to
upload the key to a keyserver and GnuPG sets this flag.  However, the 
HKP Server (pgp.net) do not have a way to check it.

Pretty nice DoS: Create some hundred keys with a friends name and
uplod them to the servers.  If someone wnats to get your firends key
he will have some problems to figure out the right one.


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Werner Koch at guug.de           www.gnupg.org           keyid 621CC013