Re: [Sks-devel] Separate P2P Protocol Should Be Developed

[Robert J. Hansen]

> I'm starting to think that a non-reconciliation keyserver protocol should be 
> developed separately from SKS. This will allow the robustness of SKS to 
> coexist with the convenience of traditional peer-to-peer networks where nodes 
> with lower redundancy are constantly being added and removed. 
> 

This is one of those things that is far, far easier said than done.  Yaron 
Minsky wrote the SKS algorithms as part of his doctoral thesis in computer 
science: that should give you an idea of the amount of work involved.

If you wish to pursue this I wish you well and I'd be happy to point you to 
some good academic references, but in my experience when people talk about how 
something "should be done," that usually means "I want someone else to do it 
for me."

This is Free Software.  If you think it should be done -- do it, and I wish you 
well!