Re: Bug#707006: [nikcub@gmail.com: Live CD keys missing from key server]

[Evgeny Kapun <abacabadabacaba@gmail.com>]

02.04.2014 07:45, Jonathan McDowell wrote:
> I don't actually think it's appropriate that this key lives in the
> debian-role-keys keyring (and in general I think that keyring needs to
> go away). The key should be present on the public keyserver network;
> keyring.debian.org does not attempt to provide general keyserver
> functionality and doesn't serve up the role keys anyway.

Public keyserver network doesn't help in verifying key authenticity. Anyone can create a key with the same name as yours and put it on the public keyserver network. Having a key in debian-keyring package help users in establishing its legitimacy.