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Kristian Fiskerstrand |
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[Sks-devel] sks-keyservers.net: Changes to subset pool (Was: [Announcement] SKS 1.1.6 Released) |
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Sun, 7 Aug 2016 16:46:00 +0200 |
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On 08/07/2016 04:40 PM, Kristian Fiskerstrand wrote:
> Hello lists,
>
> We are pleased to announce the availability of a new stable SKS
> release: Version 1.1.6.
>
> SKS is an OpenPGP keyserver whose goal is to provide easy to deploy,
> decentralized, and highly reliable synchronization. That means that a
> key submitted to one SKS server will quickly be distributed to all key
> servers, and even wildly out-of-date servers, or servers that experience
> spotty connectivity, can fully synchronize with rest of the system.
>
> What's New in 1.1.6
> ====================
> - Add support for Elliptic Curve keys based on Curve25519 (both
> Ed25519/EdDSA and encryption keys based on these curves)
> - Fix format of md5sum file by adding a 2nd space to be format
> compliant
> - Improvements to sks build stack space requirements
> - Misc updates and fixes to web interface and typical config file
Following the release of SKS 1.1.6 I expect to make this the minimum
required version for the subset pool when a sufficient number of servers
have been upgraded to the new version. This means that
subset.pool.sks-keyservers.net will be ECC safe for all of ECDSA (NIST,
Brainpool, serpent etc as defined by RFC6637) as well as Ed25519 signing
and Curve25519 encryption keys.
https://sks-keyservers.net/overview-of-pools.php#pool_subset will be
updated when this change happens in, hopefully a relatively short time.
--
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Kristian Fiskerstrand
Blog: https://blog.sumptuouscapital.com
Twitter: @krifisk
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- Re: [Sks-devel] [Announcement] SKS 1.1.6 Released, (continued)
- Re: [Sks-devel] [Announcement] SKS 1.1.6 Released, Christoph Egger, 2016/08/07
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- Re: [Sks-devel] Debian Jessie package for sks-1.1.6 was: [Announcement] SKS 1.1.6 Released, Hillebrand van de Groep, 2016/08/08
- Re: [Sks-devel] Debian Jessie package for sks-1.1.6 was: [Announcement] SKS 1.1.6 Released, Daniel Kahn Gillmor, 2016/08/08
- Re: [Sks-devel] Debian Jessie package for sks-1.1.6 was: [Announcement] SKS 1.1.6 Released, George K,, 2016/08/08
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- Re: [Sks-devel] Debian Jessie package for sks-1.1.6 was: [Announcement] SKS 1.1.6 Released, Daniel Kahn Gillmor, 2016/08/31
- Re: [Sks-devel] Debian Jessie package for sks-1.1.6 was: [Announcement] SKS 1.1.6 Released, Jeremy T. Bouse, 2016/08/31
- Re: [Sks-devel] Debian Jessie package for sks-1.1.6 was: [Announcement] SKS 1.1.6 Released, Daniel Kahn Gillmor, 2016/08/31
- Re: [Sks-devel] [Announcement] SKS 1.1.6 Released, Hillebrand van de Groep, 2016/08/07
[Sks-devel] sks-keyservers.net: Changes to subset pool (Was: [Announcement] SKS 1.1.6 Released),
Kristian Fiskerstrand <=
Re: [Sks-devel] [Announcement] SKS 1.1.6 Released, Daniel Kahn Gillmor, 2016/08/08