[Sks-devel] useless test keys and keyservers

[Jason Harris]

People, please don't upload useless test keys like the one shown below
to keyservers.  Clearly, this tester didn't even bother to search for
information on this subject before sending this key to keyserver.linux.it
(an SKS server).

Also, please refrain from creating test keys to check their propagation
through the synchronizing keyservers.  If a key is missing from any
particular keyserver which is otherwise well-synchronized, one cannot
determine the cause without reviewing one more more log files on one
or more keyservers.

Thank you.

pub  1024D/A7B58AD1 2005-02-27 TestKey3576 (multisubkey test) <address@hidden>
     Key fingerprint = 5187 8E72 3EF1 D072 E4B7  06D3 FF23 DE7D A7B5 8AD1
New!  attempt to lookup keyholder on biglumber.com.
sig  0x13  A7B58AD1 2005-02-27  [pkey expires 2005-03-02] [selfsig]
sub  1024g/18935DD5 2005-02-27 [subkey]
     Key fingerprint = 6A33 C42A 4D99 ECE1 5E94  44E8 588D CFA0 1893 5DD5
sig  0x18  A7B58AD1 2005-02-27 [skey expires 2005-03-02] [keybind, hash: type 
2, 19 66]
sub  1024D/D0B614E8 2005-02-27 [subkey]
     Key fingerprint = 89F1 2C9D DA78 5B50 1B47  2B92 2793 F402 D0B6 14E8
sig  0x18  A7B58AD1 2005-02-27 [skey expires 2005-03-02] [keybind, hash: type 
2, 64 27]
sig  0x18  A7B58AD1 2005-02-27 [skey expires 2005-03-02] [keybind, hash: type 
2, 19 66]

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