Key server security considerations / Certification Authorities

[Janusz A. Urbanowicz]

> Hello,
> 
> how do I prevent someone else to create a key in my name and to send it to a
> key server to mislead third parties?

You can't.
 
> And is anyone aware of a Trust Center (Certification Authority) which would
> sign a GnuPG key created by me?

Thawte Computing (www.thawte.com) used to do this as a part of their
Personal Web of Trust Certification System. Allegedly they stopped this
service due to compatibility problems (their software choked on pure,
GPG-generated OpenPGP keys, for instance), but I'll advise checking.

Alex