Who said it was necessary. I was only suggesting it as one approach.
One of the benefits we can get by leveraging DNS is that key service
can be distributed.
-derek
Michael Helm <helm(_at_)fionn(_dot_)es(_dot_)net> writes:
Derek Atkins writes:
One solution would be to put PGP Keys (Certificates) into DNS. Then
you could easily lookup a key based on the userID, but you have to
already KNOW the userID. Unfortunately this doesn't help you lookup
a key by KeyID.
Why is it necessary to put certs into dns in order to accomplish
this end?
--
Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB)
URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/ PP-ASEL-IA N1NWH
warlord(_at_)MIT(_dot_)EDU PGP key available