Proposal of OpenPGP Email Validation

Neal H. Walfield neal at walfield.org
Mon Jul 27 21:08:43 CEST 2015


Hi Nico,

At Mon, 27 Jul 2015 19:21:10 +0200,
nico at enigmail.net wrote:
> 
> Thanks, Neal for the feedback.
> I will try to answer.
> 
> Am 27.07.2015 um 14:15 schrieb Neal H. Walfield:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I guess you mean this:
> > 
> >   The idea I have in mind is roughly as follows: if you upload a key to
> >   a keyserver, the keyserver would send an encrypted email to every UID
> >   in the key. Each encrypted mail contains a unique link to confirm the
> >   email address. Once all email addresses are confirmed, the key is
> >   validated and the keyserver will allow access to it just like with any
> >   regular keyserver.
> > 
> Hmm, not quite right, there are two major points where I think
> there is some misunderstanding:

If this is not right please point me to the proposal.  The above is
just a quote from the single source in your original email.  After I
read that I will respond to your other questions / comments.

:) Neal




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