On Jul 25, 2014 5:30 AM, "MFPA" <[email protected]> wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA512 > > Hi > > > On Wednesday 23 July 2014 at 9:02:23 PM, in > <mid:[email protected]>, steve wrote: > > > > Wouldn’t it be a nice solution, if key server software > > had a mechanism for users to verify their UserID by > > sending a mail to the mail address in question. > > If I recall correctly, PGP's keyserver "PGP Global Directory" sends an > email to each email address in the uids when a key is submitted, and > only lists those uids whose email address replies. It re-sends these > verification emails every six months, and deletes keys if there is no > reply. It also allows anybody with access to your email address to > delete your key and upload a different one, according to Wikipedia > [0].
I just recently published a number of keys, and never noticed any such emails. > > [0] < https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_server_%28cryptographic%29#Problems_with_keyservers > > > - -- > Best regards > > MFPA mailto:[email protected] > > Yellow snow is not lemon flavoured > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > iPQEAQEKAF4FAlPSTQtXFIAAAAAALgAgaXNzdWVyLWZwckBub3RhdGlvbnMub3Bl > bnBncC5maWZ0aGhvcnNlbWFuLm5ldEJBMjM5QjQ2ODFGMUVGOTUxOEU2QkQ0NjQ0 > N0VDQTAzAAoJEKipC46tDG5p/rMD/2jee+I7sU1i7Dj7dD1U1NXfxfeXADVVpoSg > O+cdMw4rhJLUbYg4c6GIvnvN6EeqvV5I85QMEvwpgimvY910Md2/KViqb6S215wY > WbtwAmVLyRdrB3pa8+03iTbGpaqlP6hjULDo8qEP0t63PLXHXujPqjoMmkg1/JHk > CXLcHH/4 > =+CbD > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > _______________________________________________ > Gnupg-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
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