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Re: Packages and signatures



On Sat, Jan 27, 2001 at 10:45:12PM -0500, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> Not so.  A compromise of a single server (or even multiple servers) can, with
> finite effort, be cleaned, and the data replaced with known good data

If you need to revoke a key and inform a lot of ppl you also need to revoke
compromised packets and inform a lot of ppl. Same problem. The only advatage
is, that key revocation can be automated.

Greetings
Bernd



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