Re: [Sks-devel] [Fwd: Re: pgp.mit.edu upgrading to SKS]

[David Shaw]

On Jul 3, 2009, at 2:49 PM, Jason wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 03, 2009 at 01:37:59PM -0500, John Clizbe wrote:
>
> > Date: Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:00:23 +0200
> > From: Werner Koch <address@hidden>
> > To: John Clizbe <address@hidden>
> > References: <address@hidden>
> > <address@hidden> <address@hidden>
>
> > > > Now lets see whether the minor SKS bugs will be fixed ;-)
> > >
> > > which bugs would those be?
> >
> >  $ gpg2 --search-keys 'Werner Koch'
>
> >          Pat Thoyts [...]
> >            1024 bit RSA key F084E489, created: 1995-04-11
> >  Keys 10-15 of 15 for "Werner Koch".  Enter number(s), N)ext, or  
> > Q)uit >
>
> Unfortunately, this corrupted key is even on the non-SKS keyservers...

It would be interesting to know how it got corrupted in the first  
place, but so long as keyservers don't have crypto of their own to  
verify key integrity, this sort of thing is a fact of life.

David