Re: OpenLDAP and PGP Client

["Kurt D. Zeilenga" <Kurt@OpenLDAP.org>]

PGP uses LDAP as a substrate to implement a PGP key protocol.
That is, a PGP key client must peer with a PGP key server.
They communicate using the PGP key protocol which sets on
top of LDAP, but which is not consistent with the LDAP/X.500 
models.  Per discussion on the developer's mail list
<http://www.openldap.org/lists/openldap-devel/>, one would
have to make significant LDAP server modifications to warp
an LDAP implementation into a PGP key server implementation.

I suggest than folks wanting to implement a PGP key service
seriously consider redesign the PGP key system to use LDAP
in a manner consistent with the LDAP/X.500 models.

Kurt