How much load are keyservers willing to handle?

2013-12-18 Thread adrelanos
Hi, I am planing to write a script, which will refresh the apt signing key before updating using apt-get update. The script might get accepted in Debian. [1] With my Whonix hat on, it's safe to say, that this script will be added to Whonix (which is a derivative of Debian). Writing that script

Re: How much load are keyservers willing to handle?

2013-12-18 Thread Jason Harris
On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 10:20:26PM +, adrelanos wrote: I am planing to write a script, which will refresh the apt signing key before updating using apt-get update. The script might get accepted in Debian. [1] With my Whonix hat on, it's safe to say, that this script will be added to

Re: How much load are keyservers willing to handle?

2013-12-18 Thread Robert J. Hansen
I am planing to write a script, which will refresh the apt signing key before updating using apt-get update. The question I have is, What problem are you trying to solve? I am certain that Debian Security already has a protocol in place for how to handle compromised certificates. Is this

Re: How much load are keyservers willing to handle?

2013-12-18 Thread adrelanos
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Robert J. Hansen: I am planing to write a script, which will refresh the apt signing key before updating using apt-get update. The question I have is, What problem are you trying to solve? What in case the apt signing key gets compromised.

Re: How much load are keyservers willing to handle?

2013-12-18 Thread adrelanos
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Jason Harris: On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 10:20:26PM +, adrelanos wrote: I am planing to write a script, which will refresh the apt signing key before updating using apt-get update. The script might get accepted in Debian. [1] With my Whonix