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On Wed, 11 Dec 2002 10:46:08 +0700 your time, you said: >> Well first of all you'll need to publish your key to the keyserver. TF> No you don't. Any key published there can never be deleted. As has been mentioned in reply to your message already, you should really create a revoke key really, and back it up somewhere safe! It would be interesting to know how many PGP users forgot or lost the password to the their very first published key when they started using PGP <vbg> Indeed, it would be interesting to know exactly how many 'abandoned' keys are stored on the keys servers ;) But to the point, I don't agree. Victor wasn't sporting any reference to a key in his email so his sig couldn't be checked. If you don't want your public key 'public' and want it contained for use only between a select few then of course their is no purpose to publishing it to the keyservers, and I would agree with you there. However, if you want to use a public key so that anyone can contact you using PGP or verify your sig then I reckon publishing is still the best method of distribution. I have made my key available through my domain, and reference it in my email sig. I have also published it on the keyservers so that my signature can be quickly verified and my key imported should someone not wish to go to the trouble of manually grabbing from my site before they can verify my sig. In any event, if you want your keys to remain private then sure, don't publish. - -- Sl�n, Simon @ theycallmesimon.co.uk ****************************************** PGP Key: http://pgp.theycallmesimon.co.uk/ Faffing about with TB! v1.62 on W2K SP3 #1944. Mars Dry Slew I Quo � -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: Privacy is freedom. Protect your freedom with PGP! Comment: KeyID: 0x5C7E8966 iQA/AwUBPfc8P8tub/5cfolmEQKEQgCg+WBtvZeQYlOug7kwFUWyGI4yFGcAnjx9 RTuEvKBp0jrolsbjEpQlEhqm =VkkJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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