Revoked keys on keyservers

[Dave Ewart]

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On Wednesday, 17.10.2001 at 08:35 -0400, Richard B. Tilley wrote:

> 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 They show that they have been revoked of course,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?

No -  they show that key has been revoked ... which could be very useful
info to someone that had a copy of the key before it was revoked.

> 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

Removing stuff from the servers is not usually possibly.  Anyway, if you
no longer have the secret keys, nor revocation certificates, how can you
prove that they are _yours_?

Dave.
--=20
Dave Ewart
ewart@icrf.icnet.uk
Computing Manager
ICRF Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Oxford UK
PGP: CC70 1883 BD92 E665 B840 118B 6E94 2CFD 694D E370


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