key propagation from alt.security.keydist

[[Anon] The Verizon Guy]

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Do any public keyservers pick up public keys posted to
alt.security.keydist?

If not, can anyone suggest an anonymous method to get a public key
onto public keyservers?

Thanks

[David E. Ross]

On 3/7/2009 9:09 PM, [Anon] The Verizon Guy wrote:
> Do any public keyservers pick up public keys posted to
> alt.security.keydist?
>
> If not, can anyone suggest an anonymous method to get a public key
> onto public keyservers?
>
> Thanks
>

Is the user ID in your key munged or faked? If not, what's the use of
anonymous uploading your key? Your ID will become public. In any case,
I seriously doubt any public keyserver records the source of uploaded
keys.

If the user ID in your key is indeed munged or faked, how is anyone to
use it? How can it be included in a Web of Trust? If no one is to use
it or it is not to be in a Web of Trust, why bother to upload it?

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[Frank Merlott]

>
> Do any public keyservers pick up public keys posted to
> alt.security.keydist?

I do not know about that

>
> If not, can anyone suggest an anonymous method to get a public key
> onto public keyservers?

I would use the tor proxy network to post the key

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["[Anon] The Verizon Guy" >]

In <UdKdnVW0f-***@posted.docknet> "David E.
Ross" <***@nowhere.not> wrote:
>On 3/7/2009 9:09 PM, [Anon] The Verizon Guy wrote:
>> Do any public keyservers pick up public keys posted to
>> alt.security.keydist?
>>
>> If not, can anyone suggest an anonymous method to get a public
key
>> onto public keyservers?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>
>Is the user ID in your key munged or faked? If not, what's the
use of
>anonymous uploading your key? Your ID will become public. In
any case,
>I seriously doubt any public keyserver records the source of
uploaded
>keys.
>
>If the user ID in your key is indeed munged or faked, how is anyone
to
>use it? How can it be included in a Web of Trust? If no one is
to use
>it or it is not to be in a Web of Trust, why bother to upload
it?

The id on the key is as real as it can be for a pseudonym. I
understand what you're saying about web of trust issues however
this key's purpose is to enable messages to be encrypted to a key
that only I control while maintaining my anonymity. There's trade
offs I'm sure but what else can one do when maintaining absolute
anonymity is essential?

["[Anon] The Verizon Guy" >]

In <***@news.alt.net> Frank Merlott <***@has.no.email>
wrote:
>>
>> Do any public keyservers pick up public keys posted to
>> alt.security.keydist?
>
>I do not know about that
>
>>
>> If not, can anyone suggest an anonymous method to get a public
key
>> onto public keyservers?
>
>I would use the tor proxy network to post the key

That sounds like the best option right now I guess. At least
Torbrowser behaves enough not to reveal much nad retain less.