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Better Table?: || ||**Key Server**||**only holds keys \\ validated by**||**Validating Server**||**adds PGP signature \\ for validation**|| ||SKS || yes || || || || ||Google || yes || itself || || || ||GMX || yes || itself || yes || yes || ||Mailvelope || yes || GMX and ??? || yes || || ||TNG || || || yes || yes || |
OpenPGPEmailSummit201512: EmailValidation
Follow-Up from [[OpenPGPEmailSummit201512/EmailValidation]
General Discussion about Key and Email Validation
Terminology:
- Key Server: A server that manages keys
- Validating Server: A server that validates keys
- Validated-Keys Server: A server that only holds validated keys
- Servers can have multiple roles together
Current examples:
pure Key Server | both Key- and Validating Server |
pure Validating Server | |
doesn't add PGP signatures for signing | SKS | Mailvelope |
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adds PGP signatures for signing | GMX | TNG |
Better Table?:
Key Server | only holds keys validated by |
Validating Server | adds PGP signature for validation |
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SKS | yes | |||
yes | itself | |||
GMX | yes | itself | yes | yes |
Mailvelope | yes | GMX and ??? | yes | |
TNG | yes | yes |
Discussion about Standard Validation Signatures
Documents / Links / Resources
Whiteboard 3rd OpenPGP Email Summit:
- General discussion: Key and Email Validation:
- Standard Validation Signatures:
Feedback
Please send comments and feedback to Nico Josuttis, nico(at)enigmail.net (Fingerprint: CFEA 3B9F 9D8E B52D BD3F 7AF6 1C16 A70A F92D 28F5)