Re: [Sks-devel] keyservers.org downtime

[Kristian Fiskerstrand]

On 2012-07-01 11:26, Kiss Gabor (Bitman) wrote:
>
> Oh, I see.
>
> Why do you trust John? (I hope I don't hurt him with this question. :-)
> Why do you think peoples trust _you_?
> Do all of them known you personally since ten years?
> If a user was cautious, (s)he would download thousands more keys (s)he
> need or operates an own key server.

I agree that operating an own key server is a sane approach in such a
scenario.

> Anyway. Why does somebody think no one eavesdrops his/her key requests?
>
> In your special case: you may redirect users to
> a trusty key server. (I hope you know at least one beside yours. :-)
> If some users trust you as a key server operator, they must
> trust your choice of fallback server too.
>
> Cheers
>

Different users have different preferences. Why make the choice for
them? I agree that it is better to have a single server be offline, for
the users that want the convenience of automated filtering for this,
they have the pool. If users, for any reason, prefer a single keyserver
- they are better off knowing about it.

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