'Re: WKD: returns only one pubkey (and why)'

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List:       gnupg-devel
Subject:    Re: WKD: returns only one pubkey (and why)
From:       Andrew Gallagher via Gnupg-devel <gnupg-devel () gnupg ! org>
Date:       2022-12-12 14:59:21
Message-ID: 1582A680-09AC-4A71-8D37-4F3C56B26063 () andrewg ! com
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On 12 Dec 2022, at 13:01, Dashamir Hoxha via Gnupg-devel <gnupg-devel@gnupg.org> \
wrote:
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> On the other hand, if "being a replacement for keyservers" is not one of the aims \
> of WKD, I think that it should become. My opinion is that it *can* be a replacement \
> for keyservers. 

WKD is a *partial* replacement for *some* keyserver use cases. It does not cover the \
following:

* Search by fingerprint
* Non-email User IDs

In addition, only the email domain owner can set up a WKD server, so it will likely \
never be useful for e.g. GMail addresses.

A

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space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">On 12 Dec 2022, at 13:01, Dashamir \
Hoxha via Gnupg-devel &lt;<a href="mailto:gnupg-devel@gnupg.org" \
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class="gmail_default" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;">On \
the&nbsp;other hand, if "being a replacement for keyservers" is not one of the aims \
of WKD, I think that it should become. My opinion is that it *can* be a replacement \
for keyservers.</div></div><br \
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class="">WKD is a *partial* replacement for *some* keyserver use cases. It does not \
cover the following:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">* Search by \
fingerprint</div><div class="">* Non-email User IDs</div><div class=""><br \
class=""></div><div class="">In addition, only the email domain owner can set up a \
WKD server, so it will likely never be useful for e.g. GMail addresses.</div><div \
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