Revoked keys on keyservers

[Sebastian Wiesinger]

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* Richard B. Tilley <rtilley@vt.edu> [2001-10-17 14:38]:
> I revoked some keys and sent them to the key servers several months
> ago. I checked the key servers today, and noticed that the revoked
> keys are still there. They show that they have been revoked of
> course, but my question is: how long do key servers keep revoked
> keys? Aren't these keys useless?

They keep them forever I think. Sure, the keys are useless to encrypt
something with it, but how should anybody know that the key was
revoked when the keyservers delete it after some time?

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> I also have a couple of keys that are still active, but I don't use
> them; they were for testing. Unfortunately, I never generated
> revocation certs for these keys, and I no longer have the secret
> keys. Is there anyway to remove these keys from the servers? In the
> future, I'll make off-site backups and revoke certs ASAP... even
> when playing around.=20

No you can't remove them.

Greetings
Sebastian
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