Hmm, if I try to use keyserver.pgp.com as enigmail key server it neither accepts public keys I want to upload nor gives responses to searches of emails I know they have.
Am I missing something or does this key server only work on a manual copy&paste or upload/download base? My question was about a real key server supporting the usual key server protocol with the additional features to a) verify email addresses of keys b) serves as element in the WoT so that I can use the server a trusted address, so that all keys signed by this server count as trusted (if I like) Am 22.08.2014 20:03, Robert J. Hansen schrieb/wrote: >> to deal with faked keys, some guys had the idea to use email >> verification and let then certification servers take that as "casual >> signing". > > I think the first people to do this were at PGP Security (pre-PGP > Corporation; this was when PGP Security was owned by Network > Associates). The PGP Global Directory worked basically this way. > >> The big disadvantage beside some details (such as registering >> additional email addresses) is probably that PGP signatures usually >> sign the owner, not his/her email address, if I understood it >> correctly. > > Not necessarily so. The RFCs define syntax for signatures, but not > semantics. The semantics are left up to each individual user to determine. > >> What do you think about this idea? Was it ever discussed? > > Not only was it discussed, it was implemented and ran for years. The > Global Directory may still be running, for all I know. > > However, the Global Directory didn't really solve any of PGP's usability > problems. Was it worth doing? Yes. Did it live up to the hopes people > had for it? Not really. > > > _______________________________________________ > Gnupg-users mailing list > Gnupg-users@gnupg.org > http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users > > -- Nicolai M. Josuttis www.josuttis.de PGP Fingerprint: EA25 EF48 BF20 01E4 1FAB 0C1C DEF9 FC80 8A1C 44D0 _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
