Re: [Sks-devel] IPv6 peering; keydumps annoyingly large

[John Clizbe]

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Scott Grayban wrote:
> PGP (keyserver.pgp.com) has been allowing keys to be deleted for years
> and they even scrub their DB of revoked and expired keys and that hasn't
> degraded the trust yet. It's just practicable to remove stuff like this.
> You wouldn't keep moldy old bread would you ?

keyserver.pgp.com is a LDAP based server. Record deletion is possible with that
architecture. In fact, one may even have the deletion request signed by the
private key to verify ownership.

SKS and it's predecessor PKS were never designed with deletion in mind.

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yourself that you're dyslexic."

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