signing a robot's key - was: Re: Global Directory signatures

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On Wed, 29 Dec 2004, Jason Harris wrote:

> Good luck.  Each person who signed 0xCA57AD7C and uploaded their 
> signature for others to use:
>
>  http://keyserver.kjsl.com:11371/pks/lookup?op=vindex&search=0xCA57AD7C
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YIKES!!

why on earth would anyone sign this key? the UID identifies the key as 
belonging to "PGP Global Directory Verification Key"... can anyone prove 
ownership of that key? has the owner of that key been going to key signing 
parties all over the world?

the key has >250 signatures ranging from 0x10 - 0x13! can anyone explain 
to me why they signed this key, and how they verified that the key 
*really* is the "PGP Global Directory Verification Key"?

unless someone can explain to me why they had a good reason for signing 
this key i'm tempted to include everyone who signed it in my "untrusted 
signers" list. signing a robot's key seems to violate every good practice 
of responsible keysigning.


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