Delete key from keyserver

Realos realos at loftmail.com
Thu Oct 27 11:27:11 CEST 2005


Ismael Valladolid Torres wanted us to know:

>Joost van Baal wrote:
>
>>On Tue, Oct 25, 2005 at 11:38:49PM -0400, David Shaw wrote:
>>>It's not an issue of improving the trust, it's an issue of
>>>disambiguation.  In my case, there are many different David Shaws out
>>>there, including a furniture designer in New Zealand, a Pulitzer prize
>>>winning journalist in the US, and a former MP for Dover in the UK.
>>>I'm none of these.  There are at least 19 David Shaws on the keyserver
>>>net as well, not including me.  My email address globally indicates
>>>which David Shaw I am.
>>
>>
>>Isn't this why some people use UIDs like "John Doe (Amsterdam, The
>>Netherlands, 1970-01-01)" next to the email-ones?
>
>I don't get the point. Why they do?

To avoid ambiguity, ofcourse. you would not mix up that John Doe with
the one from New Zeeland.

cheers,


-- 
Realos



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