The following module was proposed for inclusion in the Module List:
modid: PGP::FindKey
DSLIP: adpOp
description: A perl interface to the PGP WWW Keyservers.
userid: CHRIS (Chris Ball)
chapterid: 14 (Security_and_Encryption)
communities:
comp.lang.perl.modules, #perl (rhizo), london.pm.
similar:
Crypt::OpenPGP
rationale:
The relationship given above isn't a good one, and I wanted to
explain why not. FindKey.pm is an interface to the keyservers, and
Crypt::OpenPGP is an implementation of the OpenPGP client spec - to
which the functionality I've coded isn't specified in. I've mailed
the Crypt::OpenPGP maintainer, who doesn't think I belong in his
namespace, and recommended PGP::FindKey.
There aren't any other interfaces to the PGP keyservers on the
CPAN, so it's a unique module. It's useful, in that a perl interface
enables linking of FindKey.pm and (for example) Crypt::OpenPGP.
Through this, a public key can be imported from just an e-mail
address, as long as there's a distinct match; something that's been
desired in other OpenPGP clients for a while now.
enteredby: CHRIS (Chris Ball)
enteredon: Wed Oct 3 01:54:23 2001 GMT
The resulting entry would be:
PGP::
::FindKey adpOp A perl interface to the PGP WWW Keyservers. CHRIS
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