Dashamir Hoxha dijo [Tue, Jun 14, 2022 at 03:20:07PM +0200]: > On Tue, Jun 14, 2022 at 12:28 AM Gunnar Wolf <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Most of you are aware that the keyserver network is currently in a > > quite weak status; please ensure we can find your updated keys at > > several different keyservers (at least, by uploading them); I suggest > > you try something like the following: > > > >(...) > > Is it possible to avoid the keyserver network somehow? Because as you > mentioned, it is failing, and also it is not recommended to use it anymore > (as far as I know).
It is failing due to a couple of weaknesses in the interaction model between servers, but some people (me included) are working to save it from dying. Still, I cannot by far promise you it will continue working, and for how long. Key distribution servers are a fundamental part for the Web of Trust, the basic model for trusting on somebody's identity via their key's certifications. > For example, instead of uploading the fingerprint, we can upload the public > key itself somewhere, in a public place, or send it by attachment to a > coordinator. That would be suboptimal, as the key has to be available to every participant who has to sign your key. I will most likely, though, put the keys on a keyring somewhere in https://people.debian.org/~gwolf, but that solves only a part of the problem: You will be able to get some identifcations, but making the world know you have certified somebody's keys gets much trickier. > Maybe I am missing something. Maybe a keysigning party makes no sense > without a keyserver infrastructure. I am not sure. It does make sense, but it is a bit harder. Nowadays, we _still_ have keyservers, and they _still_ network together. Some of us will do our best to keep the infrastructure alive. DebConf22 will have keyserver infrastructure available, trust me :-] But keysigning has been done since before keyservers were a thing; keyservers make many things easier, although are not fundamental for the WoT to work. Anyway... I guess you can see I have many things to say about this ;-) See you in Kosovo, and we will be able to discuss in person. And of course, see you in: https://debconf22.debconf.org/talks/31-openpgp-web-of-trust-a-way-forward/
