At 10:34 am +0900 2000-12-29, sen_ml [address elided] wrote:
From: Marc Horowitz [address elided]
Subject: Re: rfc2440bis-02 comments
Date: 26 Dec 2000 22:36:38 -0500
> Why do these people want to delete their keys?
[ text of various reasons deleted ]
> - I don't want my key on the keyservers at all.
for reference, below is part of an edited recent post from the
gnupg-users [address elided] mailing list of someone who doesn't
want their key on a keyserver at all.
perhaps a survey announced on the various user-oriented pgp lists
would be useful for collecting feedback on the issue of deleting keys
from keyservers?
Subject: Re: Deleting Keys on Keyservers
From: Lazarus Long [address deleted]
To: GnuPG Users List [address elided]
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2000 15:50:23 +0000
On Wed, Dec 27, 2000 at 09:49:55PM +0100, Martin wrote:
> From: Martin [address deleted]
> im just curious. Is there a way to delete a key from a keyserver?
Nope. Once your key is there, you are hanging out there in the wind for
spambots to come harvest for all eternity.
Indeed, Sen.
Please see: <http://deltor.to/keys/ddt#update>
dave
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