Alex Strasheim writes:
Sorry for the stupid questions, but I want to make sure I'm on the same page as the rest of you. Correct me where I'm wrong --
The idea to have a distributed database (like DNS?) that allows you to retrieve keys with query strings similar to urls. So if you wanted to do a secure telnet to host.foobar.com, you'd submit something like "telnet://host.foobar.com" to the key server, and it would give you back a key. If you wanted to send mail to me, you'd submit something like "mailto://alex@suba.com". Etc.
That wasn't actually what I had in mind. When I said a new URL I meant something like key://foo.bar.com/bleh/blah/foo, to go with the new key server protocol. I'm not exactly sure what the key servers should take as lookup values -- that is, at this point, a matter for discussion.
Finally, does anyone know if anything's been happening with Matt's key management project?
Matt does, I presume... Perry