On Sun, 2010-08-22 at 10:49 -0400, Robert J. Hansen wrote: > Yes. I was using "keyserver" as synonymous for "keyserver operator." > Imprecise language, I grant, but that's English for you. Neverteheless? Why should a keyserver or keyserver operator be a CA or act in such a role?
A CA is an entity making a cryptographic assertion on certificates (or keys + UID in the case of OpenPGP). This is also the definition as used with RFC 2828 (more or less). The keyserver is just a distribution point, nothing more, and therefore not a CA. Other wise, my ISP would be a CA to,.. he's the one that delivers me the certificates... Cheers, Chris. _______________________________________________ Sks-devel mailing list Sks-devel@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/sks-devel
