Re: [Sks-devel] The pool is shrinking
> > At this moment there is only 27 members of pool.sks-keyservers.net. > > JFR: The new negative record is 25... 21. Gabor ___ Sks-devel mailing list Sks-devel@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/sks-devel
Re: [Sks-devel] The end of an Era
On Mon, 2019-08-12 at 11:13 -0500, Daniel Roesler wrote: > > There is no prominent alternative for _decentralized_ public key > sharing. Keybase is centralized, as is keys.openpgp.org. I would > argue that there must be a good decentralized alternative before > shutting down this pool.\\ I agree that it is important that there be a decentralized key sharing service. Given the fragility of sks and the apparent lack of developers willing to take up the task of fixing its problems, I have been thinking about re-implement it. This is a spare-time effort that has so far been confined to reverse engineering experiments and tests. Has anybody else started down this path ? Maybe we could collaborate and a new sks could rise from the ashes of the old. -- Dr Everett (Skip) Carter s...@taygeta.com Taygeta Scientific Inc 607 Charles Ave Seaside CA 93955 831-641-0645 x103 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ Sks-devel mailing list Sks-devel@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/sks-devel
Re: [Sks-devel] The end of an Era
I am turning off pgp.philihp.com until further notice. With hourly reboots, it still had 68% uptime in the last 24 hours, 89% in the last 7 days. With no apparent developer traction on SKS development to fix its problems, I agree that we should ring the death knell. Our community isn't known for quickly changing, and continuing to support an outdated alternative doesn't help this. Also: the SKS HKPS is pool is also centralized. On 2019-08-12T16:13:14Z (11:13AM -0500) Daniel Roesler sed: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 I strongly disagree that the pool should be shutdown. As long as there are people willing to operate servers, I think the pool should be available to join. There is no prominent alternative for _decentralized_ public key sharing. Keybase is centralized, as is keys.openpgp.org. I would argue that there must be a good decentralized alternative before shutting down this pool. That being said, my server is currently down due to the issues with Issue #61[1], but I would love to rejoin whenever it is fixed or when I find the time to write my own compatible server. So I understand that I am just talking, rather than acting to solve the issues currently. I just hope the pool hangs on until I (or someone else equally motivated) can tackle the existing issues with the keyservers in the pool. Daniel [1]: https://bitbucket.org/skskeyserver/sks-keyserver/issues/61 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1 iQEcBAEBCgAGBQJdUY/hAAoJEMtwcDcM6wt60PMIAICgy3/7Mg9sT9zfzZAKH2F2 Ejf9rFPEezAJk5P1DK1v/p3sQI4eaaEu48hoV+2Rqzob8JicQmQestyqj1HmvKgC Q+f/q9Pv0s2ibCHzbdgdRrAc3XL5JMwsR8vPCBNzkL2zX1Ph/IxWyCCQ2xSm7tE/ 31Snex8IjW/JR6aOt6BZYGIHQkBEXc7rZ7z6RulWEH92bepzS6ocN82z2FUmZLF7 dKOuNg/2/t0hvIWutHBSJM3F20aX7xuNEKQzSetIV7620FkgA+2C5NjuEzIA2DvW tKyavj81d/ECkE3wpVdI1dS4IS1VP4/tzTvtwqh+/+n6vuoQiFiKXWMW6Xx/zQM= =tTJO -END PGP SIGNATURE- On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 7:21 AM wrote: I think this is a good time to bring up the subject of finally shutting down the keyservers. The pool is now incredibly small, with people dropping out at an increasing rate. This would be a good time for Kristian to end the pool. Kristians keyserver has also dropped out with nothing more left than a 502 error. Time to put this mess to bed and gently smother it with a pillow! Appreciate any comments. yakamo -- ___ Sks-devel mailing list Sks-devel@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/sks-devel ___ Sks-devel mailing list Sks-devel@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/sks-devel signature.asc Description: PGP signature ___ Sks-devel mailing list Sks-devel@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/sks-devel
Re: [Sks-devel] The end of an Era
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 I strongly disagree that the pool should be shutdown. As long as there are people willing to operate servers, I think the pool should be available to join. There is no prominent alternative for _decentralized_ public key sharing. Keybase is centralized, as is keys.openpgp.org. I would argue that there must be a good decentralized alternative before shutting down this pool. That being said, my server is currently down due to the issues with Issue #61[1], but I would love to rejoin whenever it is fixed or when I find the time to write my own compatible server. So I understand that I am just talking, rather than acting to solve the issues currently. I just hope the pool hangs on until I (or someone else equally motivated) can tackle the existing issues with the keyservers in the pool. Daniel [1]: https://bitbucket.org/skskeyserver/sks-keyserver/issues/61 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1 iQEcBAEBCgAGBQJdUY/hAAoJEMtwcDcM6wt60PMIAICgy3/7Mg9sT9zfzZAKH2F2 Ejf9rFPEezAJk5P1DK1v/p3sQI4eaaEu48hoV+2Rqzob8JicQmQestyqj1HmvKgC Q+f/q9Pv0s2ibCHzbdgdRrAc3XL5JMwsR8vPCBNzkL2zX1Ph/IxWyCCQ2xSm7tE/ 31Snex8IjW/JR6aOt6BZYGIHQkBEXc7rZ7z6RulWEH92bepzS6ocN82z2FUmZLF7 dKOuNg/2/t0hvIWutHBSJM3F20aX7xuNEKQzSetIV7620FkgA+2C5NjuEzIA2DvW tKyavj81d/ECkE3wpVdI1dS4IS1VP4/tzTvtwqh+/+n6vuoQiFiKXWMW6Xx/zQM= =tTJO -END PGP SIGNATURE- On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 7:21 AM wrote: > > I think this is a good time to bring up the subject of finally shutting down > the keyservers. > > The pool is now incredibly small, with people dropping out at an increasing > rate. > > This would be a good time for Kristian to end the pool. > Kristians keyserver has also dropped out with nothing more left than a 502 > error. > > Time to put this mess to bed and gently smother it with a pillow! > > Appreciate any comments. > > yakamo > > -- > > > ___ > Sks-devel mailing list > Sks-devel@nongnu.org > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/sks-devel ___ Sks-devel mailing list Sks-devel@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/sks-devel
[Sks-devel] The end of an Era
I think this is a good time to bring up the subject of finally shutting down the keyservers. The pool is now incredibly small, with people dropping out at an increasing rate. This would be a good time for Kristian to end the pool. Kristians keyserver has also dropped out with nothing more left than a 502 error. Time to put this mess to bed and gently smother it with a pillow! Appreciate any comments. yakamo -- ___ Sks-devel mailing list Sks-devel@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/sks-devel
