Revoked keys on keyservers

[Dave Ewart]

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On Thursday, 18.10.2001 at 18:23 -0400, David Shaw wrote:

> A while ago there was some brief discussion on the keyserver manager
> list about the idea of aging keys off of the keyservers.  Basically,
> any key that didn't get refreshed after a few years would just get
> dropped from the server.  The rationale was that it was the
> responsibility of the key owner to keep the key out there, and if they
> didn't then the server could save the space.
>=20
> It does have the nice feature that all those keys that can't get
> revoked would eventually go away.
>=20
> As far as I recall, the idea was never implemented.

That's actually a rather nice idea ... shame it never got up and
running.  I suppose the debate would surround _how long_ a key should
stay there before getting nuked ...

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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