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Re: [Sks-devel] Reconciling algorithm
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Jesus Cea |
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Re: [Sks-devel] Reconciling algorithm |
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Thu, 29 Apr 2010 00:29:32 +0200 |
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On 21/04/10 02:17, Yaron Minsky wrote:
>> I am interested in knowing the *exact* algorithm/protocol SKS uses for
>> reconciliation. I have read the two papers in the main SKS webpage, but
>> it is not enough to "clone" the wire protocol and implement another
>> independent keyserver.
>>
>> I can not read ocaml sourcecode :-(.
>
> Sorry. I'm afraid the source is the only available documentation for
> the protocol.
This is not good. An undocumented *key* feature, written in a obscure
programming language :).
I know it is not very appropiate to post this in this mailing list but...
I was wondering if there is any kind of demand of an alternative OpenPGP
keyserver, with a different but documented syncronization technology,
like Merkle trees. Implemented in Python.
I apology for the off-topic and the attack to sks :(.
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