Weakness in the keyserver network (Was Re: Global Directory signatures)

[Johan Wevers]

David Shaw wrote:

>To make an extreme example, say there was a rogue signer, pumping out
>thousands of signatures a day onto the keyserver network, all set to
>expire in a week.

Or worse, signatures that don't expire at all. If they're from 10000
different keys, it's much more difficult to get rid of them.

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