Shirish,
I'm not aware of any enterprise-type solutions for mass storage of private
keys, but then I've never investigated that sort of solution. Although the
security model of PGP doesn't require that private keys remain protected, in
many cases being protective of your private key leads you to be especially
protective of your passphrase, which is a part of the security model. It's
for this reason that the idea of a private keyserver makes me nervous.
-David Himelright
> From: Shirish Nilekar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Organization: Aztec Software and Technology Services Pvt.Ltd
> Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 20:09:39 -0700
> To: David Himelright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: PGP servers
> Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Resent-Date: 21 Apr 2000 03:03:15 -0000
>
> Hi David,
> My primary doubt is, how do I maintain my private key?
> I assume that the key servers store both the public key
> as well as the private key. The public key is for distribution
> while the private key is for decrypting messages encrypted
> with my public key. It is in this regard that I asked my
> previous question.
> Appreciate any help in this regard.
>
> Thanks,
> Shirish
>
> David Himelright wrote:
>
>> Hi again,
>>
>> I hope you mean public keys! The newer keyservers use LDAP. The old, well
>> established one at MIT uses some funky version of HTTP. I'd check with NAI
>> for details about the LDAP servers, I'm sure there's a good LDAP client
>> library written in Java, though I haven't looked into it lately.
>>
>> http://www.nai.com
>>
>> -David Himelright
>>
>>> From: Shirish Nilekar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> Organization: Aztec Software and Technology Services Pvt.Ltd
>>> Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 12:54:48 -0700
>>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> Subject: PGP servers
>>> Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> Resent-Date: 20 Apr 2000 19:46:35 -0000
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>> I need information regarding PGP servers.
>>> Specifically, how do I programmatically retrieve
>>> my private keys from a PGP server?
>>> Are there any standards for PGP servers? Is there
>>> any API for this?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Shirish
>>>
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