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Re: PGP security models, was Summary of IETF LC for draft-ietf-dane-openpgpkey

2015-09-23 18:28:58
On 9/23/2015 3:00 PM, Sam Hartman wrote:
Yeah, but  I believe for most users the only reasonable default for
things you get from the key servers is don't trust without additional
evidence.


I'm confused by this thread.

I thought that the /essence/ of the PGP model was that the key servers
were merely convenient locations but /not/ 'trusted' locations.  That
is, all the validation and trust are based on object-related data and
not location-related.

d/

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Dave Crocker
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