PGP key statistics : Bill McCarty <bmccarty.at.apu.edu>

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dist #keys × 1 1 1 2 29 58 3 11 33 4 101 404 5 17 85 6 49 294 7 23 161 8 744 5952 9 5428 48852 10 14885 148850 11 15443 169873 12 7911 94932 13 3048 39624 14 1136 15904 15 509 7635 16 233 3728 17 95 1615 18 32 576 19 7 133 total 49702 538710 msd 538710 / 49702

63CA1639 - Bill McCarty <bmccarty.at.apu.edu>

trust paths :

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see also :

• key statistics in the wotsap analysis by Jörgen Cederlöf
• look up Bill McCarty on Google

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

statistics :

signatures	1
keys signed	2
mean shortest distance (msd)	10.8386
msd ranking	48997

cross signatures : 1

• C754B121  stats  Professor Randall K Nichols <cto.at.infosec-technologies.com>

other keys signed by this key : 1

• trust paths <- C838CCB5  stats  Dave Dittrich <dittrich.at.cac.washington.edu>

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.