On 2012-01-28 09:26, Robert J. Hansen wrote: > ... Short version: for no-modify to work with the existing keyserver > network, everyone would have to make the cutover or else the network > would drown in sync messages. There's a real possibility that if just a > few hosts didn't make the cutover that the keyserver network could go > down, DDoSing itself into absolute oblivion as it desperately tried to > sync keys infinitely.
Scenario 2a, until all keyservers are upgraded (even over a period of years). Then just flip the switch to disable sync with old keyservers. But I don't think no-modify makes sense anyway, like I said. Just an interesting problem. -- PGP: A0E4 B2D4 94E6 20EE 85BA E45B 63E4 2BD8 C58C 753A PGP: 2C23 EBFF DF1A 840D 2351 F5F5 F25B A03F 2152 36DA -- nameserver 217.79.186.148 nameserver 178.63.26.172 http://opennicproject.org/ -- No situation is so dire that panic cannot make it worse.
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