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Re: [Sks-devel] sks-keyservers.net: Now in the monkeysphere
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Kristian Fiskerstrand |
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Re: [Sks-devel] sks-keyservers.net: Now in the monkeysphere |
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Fri, 10 Aug 2012 19:47:09 +0200 |
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On 08/10/2012 07:34 PM, Gabor Kiss wrote:
>> As an FYI; I've now added HTTPS/TLS support to
>> https://sks-keyservers.net . It is part of the monkeysphere[0], i.e.
>> using a self-signed certificate that can be verified through the Web of
>> Trust of OpenPGP.
>>
...
> None of them looks like you mentioned.
> Probably I misunderstood something. :-)
> What should I check if I want to verify this connection.
> (AFAIK Opera has no monkeysphere plugin.)
>
Hi Gabor,
Indeed, I was referring to the certificate of the OpenPGP key, not the
self-signed X.509 certificate , this is, as you correctly state different.
Monkeysphere use the web of trust to determine if the host should be
trusted. You can see http://web.monkeysphere.info/ for more information.
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