Public keys stored on different server

[Cristian Secară]

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While reading your message and assuming, just as a principle, that I (= whatever user) would like to get your public key, how do I know your website so that "people who want to write to me that they have my real key - and not a fake one" ?

(your message below)

Cristi


În data de Fri, 3 Feb 2023 12:06:23 +0100, Juergen M. Bruckner via Gnupg-users a scris:

> 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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