On 17/12/11 02:45, Jerome Baum wrote: >> What if keyservers were to limit the amount of keys generated or >> uploaded to a 'reasonable' amount which no 'real' user would >> exceed? >> >> (i.e. 10/day, or some other number discussed and agreed upon by the >> various keyservers?) > > What problem are we solving? Keyserver spam isn't an issue yet. We don't > know if it will ever be.
The system can be easily abused, therefore it will be abused. It's just a matter of time. How much time, depends on if/when PGP becomes more popular. It doesn't strike me as unreasonable to want to put defences in place before an attack begins. -- Mike Cardwell https://grepular.com/ https://twitter.com/mickeyc Professional http://cardwellit.com/ http://linkedin.com/in/mikecardwell PGP.mit.edu 0018461F/35BC AF1D 3AA2 1F84 3DC3 B0CF 70A5 F512 0018 461F
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