Public keys stored on different server

[Juergen M. Bruckner]

Hello,

Apart from the use of keyserver, it is relatively easy and highly 
recommended to use WKD (Web Key Directory) for PGP-Keys.
Another alternative is DNS OPENPGPKEY Record.

regards
Juergen

Am 01.02.23 um 10:32 schrieb Martin:
> Hello
> 
> Perhaps my question is strange an silly ;-)
> 
> More and more I see messages which are signed - but the author didn't
> store his public key on a keyserver (eg. hkps://keys.openpgp.org) -
> sometimes a footnote in the massages gives a link where the key could
> be downloaded. Sometimes this link has a bad or strange https
> certificate...
> 
> What are the reasons for such a procedure and what is the advantage?
> 
> 
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