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Re: [ietf-smtp] Public Key Look Up

2021-05-12 13:46:58
On 5/12/2021 10:04 AM, Alessandro Vesely wrote:
Indeed.  But if the keys include signatures, it doesn't matter where they come from, so we're back to asking why nobody seems to use the key servers that already exist.

Some people has been using those key servers.  However, they're vulnerable to pgp-poisoning attacks[*].

The 'nobody' terminology is apt, in terms of operational statistics. The number of users is statistically insignificant, especially over a period of decades.

"Too few to matter" would be the alternative wording.

d/

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Dave Crocker
Brandenburg InternetWorking
bbiw.net

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