Robert J. Hansen: > To be clear, I'm not objecting to Werner's > characterization of sites like keys.openpgp.org being > single points of failure. I'm objecting to the idea > decentralization is a core part of *PGP, as opposed to > it being just another capability that can be used or > discarded as the situation demands.
I am with Werver on this one: It is by desing that PGP works locally offline, with no requirements for a data exchange protocol, which may happen by any internet channel, or physically, when a you pass a piece of paper to another person. Futhermore, all data exchage can take place on a point- to-point basis, without any intermediary whatsoever. Therefore, I see keyservers as a centralised superstructure put on top of the decentralised PGP basis. PGP works with any centralised third-party services exactly because it is decentralised by nature. Conversely, you cannot put a decentralised superstructure on top of a centralised system. -- () ascii ribbon campaign -- against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org -- against proprietary attachments
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