Public keys stored on different server

Juergen M. Bruckner juergen at bruckner.email
Fri Feb 3 12:06:23 CET 2023


Hello Martin,

so I think these people want to make it as easy as possible for others 
to get the public key. I also make my keys available on my website and 
via WKD and DNS.
 From my point of view it is also a kind of security for people who want 
to write to me that they have my real key - and not a fake one.

regards
Juergen

Am 03.02.23 um 11:16 schrieb Martin:
> Hello Vincent,
> 
> Ok - that is clear now. I never had the idea to get a "whole list"
> from a key server but I didn't understand why people let access their
> key only on their own website.
> 
> Martin
> 
> Thursday, February 2, 2023, 9:45:53 PM, you wrote:
> 
> 
>>> Could you please explain this, I don't understand really. So there are
>>> public and no public keys on the this key-server? Who decides that a
>>> key is public or non-public? Who or how can I request a non-public
>>> key?
>> Sorry, that wasn't as clear as it could have been. There are no
>> non-public keys, all keys are still publicly available, and can be
>> retrieved by fingerprint or email address. You just can't retrieve
>> all keys or email addresses as a full list, which makes it a far
>> less interesting target for spammers.
> 
> 
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