Removing My PGP Public Keyserver Plaque.

[onepeanutwhistle]

Hello to All:

Back when I had considerable less understanding, I generated two each
PGP key pairs that I
would now like to remove from the network of PGP public key servers.
The latest pair has self
expired and the oldest, unlimited expiration pair, still connects me
to an employer I no longer
work for.

Yes. You've guessed I no longer have the revocation certificate files
or I failed to create one.
You're correct. And yes, I no longer have the old keyring files.

Now that I'm retired, I've created a third key pair (and yes, a
revocation certificate file) and the
pubring file was uploaded to the public PGP key servers.

I'm ashamed of those legacy pairs and I'd like to help, in my small
way, to alleviate my
“Keyserver Plaque”. Has anyone developed a civilized and intelligent
way of purging the PGP
Keyserver databases with the cooperation and involvement of their
authors?

Thank you,

1PW

[Solbu]

Post by onepeanutwhistle
Back when I had considerable less understanding, I generated two each
PGP key pairs that I
would now like to remove from the network of PGP public key servers.

You cannot. No key has ever been deleted from the key server network.
Keys kan only be updated, not deleted.
Eg. Revoking a key pair is updating the key pair.

Post by onepeanutwhistle
Has anyone developed a civilized and intelligent
way of purging the PGP
Keyserver databases with the cooperation and involvement of their
authors?

And no, they will not help you remove the keys.
Since you no longer have the keys, how can they know that you where
the owner of the key pair if you cannot prove it by signing a message
with the key pair you wish to delete?

I had that problem too when I first started using PGP in 1999.
I have a public key on the servers that I deleted from my computer
the same day I made them, for testing purposes. I then discovered through
internet searches and asking in news gruops that I cannot remove them.

Sorry sir, but the key pairs will stay on the keyservers
for as long as the key servers network exist.

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[onepeanutwhistle]

Thanks for the information Johnny. Let's home that a way can be found
one day.

1PW