PGP key statistics : Paul R. Acosta <pra.at.lns.mit.edu>

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dist #keys × 1 4 4 2 260 520 3 1875 5625 4 11966 47864 5 18629 93145 6 10241 61446 7 4264 29848 8 1487 11896 9 732 6588 10 341 3410 11 85 935 12 71 852 13 23 299 14 9 126 15 1 15 total 49988 262573 msd 262573 / 49988

C616434A - Paul R. Acosta <pra.at.lns.mit.edu>

trust paths :

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see also :

• key statistics in the wotsap analysis by Jörgen Cederlöf
• look up Paul R. Acosta 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	3
mean shortest distance (msd)	5.2526
msd ranking	15426

cross signatures : 3

• 94468A04  stats  David F. Newman <david.at.thenewmans.com>
• 0DBF906D  stats  Jeffrey I. Schiller <jis.at.mit.edu>
• F414952B  stats  Jeffrey I. Schiller <jis.at.mit.edu>

other signatures : 1

• trust paths -> 9E62D0E6  stats  Michael Halsall (Network Security Analyst) <mhalsall.at.mit.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.