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- From: pcl@ox.ac.uk (Paul C Leyland)
- Newsgroups: sci.crypt
- Subject: Re: Public Key Depository
- Message-ID: <PCL.93Jan21123417@rhodium.ox.ac.uk>
- Date: 21 Jan 93 12:34:17 GMT
- References: <3518.517.uupcb@grapevine.lrk.ar.us> <bontchev.727081577@fbihh>
- <C0x6K7.J3y@demon.co.uk> <bontchev.727481088@fbihh>
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- In-reply-to: bontchev@fbihh.informatik.uni-hamburg.de's message of 19 Jan 93 22:04:48 GMT
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- In article <bontchev.727481088@fbihh> bontchev@fbihh.informatik.uni-hamburg.de (Vesselin Bontchev) writes:
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- ...
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- BTW, somebody of the gurus here mentioned to me that it is possible to
- use the DNS mechanism to distribute some additional information about
- your machines. Maybe this could be use to distribute the public keys
- of your local users... Would be nice if it is so - the DNS mechanism
- works rather well... Could somebody with more knowledge on that
- subject verify whether it can be achieved?
-
- Fascinating. I never thought of that! As time goes on, I fear that
- my brain is getting ever mushier.
-
- In Athena, at least, hesiod is used to distribute information around a
- network. I can type, for instance, "hesinfo pcl passwd" and get back
- the response "pcl:*:9512:101:Paul C Leyland,,,,:/das/pcl:/bin/csh"
-
- Hesiod uses the DNS mechanism.
-
- I will investigate further. In particular, I could use "hesinfo pcl
- pgpkey" and have it do the decent thing.
-
- Paul
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