Norman Wilson
TIL the protocol everyone uses for #OpenPGP #keyservers appears to be documented only in an Internet Draft that expired about 20 years ago. Why did it never become an RFC if not an STD? Is it hiding in some hard-to-find RFC, or more-stably documented in some non-IETF place?
Jul 26, 2023 at 3:58pmWeb
Show threadAstraLuma Jul 26, 2023

@oclsc That kind of thing happens with niche stuff.

I went down an even worse rabbit hole when trying to figure out how SSH Agent Forwarding actually works.

Show threadSteve BellovinJul 26, 2023
@oclsc The answer to your first question involves issues of just how the IETF works. I don’t have the energy to explain …
Show threadNorman WilsonJul 26, 2023
@SteveBellovin You mean it isn't explained in an RFC?
Show threadAndrew GallagherJul 26, 2023
@oclsc No, the Shaw draft is currently the only reference. It’s on my todo list… 😬