New keyserver at keys.openpgp.org - what's your take?

[Robin H. Johnson]

On Sun, Jun 16, 2019 at 04:10:34PM +0200, Stefan Claas wrote:
> Vincent Breitmoser wrote:
> 
> > 
> > > Maybe you can consider in the future at least to allow CA sigs.
> > > Those would be only one sig per key and the CA signing keys
> > > could be stored in your database as reference as well.
> > > 
> > > Currently 3 CAs come to mind: Governikus, Heise and CAcert.
> > 
> > Interesting thought!  I would be a bit worried about slipping into a
> > gatekeeper role, but at least there are no technical issues with this.
> 
> Thanks for your reply! I think this would be also appreciated
> by the CAs, in case they decide later to run your key server
> software as well, or for companies etc. whishing to having their
> own CA and using your key server software too.
Yes, from the perspective of Gentoo Linux, we've recently spun up
dedicated keyservers intended for @gentoo.org keys only. And being able
to include our own CA for approved signatures would fit well with future
plans.

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Robin Hugh Johnson
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