keyserver spam

[Jerome Baum]

On 2011-12-17 14:58, gnupg at lists.grepular.com wrote:
> So you agree that there is a point where putting security measures in
> place is a good idea. Where you disagree with me, is you think it is
> unlikely that the keyservers will be abused in this manner in the near
> future.
> 
> I guess neither of us can see into the future, but the prevalence of
> this sort of abuse on the Internet, always places me on the side of caution.

Yes this is definitely a subjective matter.

>> I would be very happy to see this become a problem in fact. It would
>> imply that OpenPGP is popular enough to attract script kiddies & co.
> 
> It would only take one troll.

Sure. How many trolls do you see on gnupg-users?

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