PGP key statistics : Doug Jacobs <douglas.r.jacobs.at.saic.com>

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dist #keys × 1 4 4 2 113 226 3 6 18 4 31 124 5 22 110 6 753 4518 7 5448 38136 8 15095 120760 9 15639 140751 10 7758 77580 11 2971 32681 12 1133 13596 13 497 6461 14 262 3668 15 64 960 16 26 416 17 7 119 total 49829 440128 msd 440128 / 49829

5DB77437 - Doug Jacobs <douglas.r.jacobs.at.saic.com>

trust paths :

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see also :

• key statistics in the wotsap analysis by Jörgen Cederlöf
• look up Doug Jacobs on Google

• analysis of the strong set in the PGP web of trust
• FAQs about the PGP pathfinder and key statistics

statistics :

signatures	4
keys signed	1
mean shortest distance (msd)	8.8326
msd ranking	47390

cross signatures : 1

• 5570B7E7  stats  Randy K Nichols, CEO, COMSEC Solutions <RNichols.at.comsec-solutions.com>

other signatures : 3

• trust paths -> 80FDC537  stats  Prof. Randall K. Nichols EMSE 313-S Crypto 2003 <cto.at.infosec-technologies.com>
• trust paths -> 4813AC2A  stats  Professor Randall K Nichols <comsec.at.epix.net>
• trust paths -> C754B121  stats  Professor Randall K Nichols <cto.at.infosec-technologies.com>

PGP pathfinder & key statistics

• input : key id's of length 8, 16, 24, 32 or 40, optionally preceeded by 0x, in upper or lowercase, like

  FC243F3C      0xfc243f3c

• example : find trust paths from D5327CB9 (Wietse Venema) to FC243F3C (me)

• If you have a PGP page, visitors may want to find trust paths to your key ; here is what I use :

  your key id :

  To make this work for you, just include this piece of html :

    <FORM METHOD="GET" ACTION="http://pgp.cs.uu.nl/mk_path.cgi">
    your key id :
    <INPUT TYPE=TEXT    NAME=FROM   SIZE="10">
    <INPUT TYPE=HIDDEN  NAME=TO     VALUE="********">
    <INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT  NAME=PATHS  VALUE="find trust paths to me">
    <INPUT TYPE=RESET   NAME=reset  VALUE="reset">
    </FORM>

  and replace ******** with your key_id.

• For plots, facts and figures see the analysis of the strong set in the PGP web of trust.
• For details, see the pathfinder FAQ - frequently asked questions.