[Sks-devel] Interesting key merging bug with searching

[David Shaw]

This was originally reported as a GnuPG bug, but it seems that SKS is
actually making the odd response here.

Basically there are two keys, both with key ID A56E15A3 (a natural
collision).  One has various user IDs indicating ownership by "Hubert
Figuiere".  The other one has a user ID for "Pedro R. Fernandez".  If
you search for "Figuiere" in SKS, you get both keys, and the user IDs
are joined so each key has IDs from the other.

$ curl 
'http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371/pks/lookup?op=index&options=mr&search=Figuiere'
info:1:2
pub:A56E15A3:17:1024:1012389324::
uid:Hubert Figuiere <address@hidden>:1119055887::
uid:Hubert Figuiere <address@hidden>:1130648607::
uid:Hubert Figuiere <address@hidden>:1028015454::
uid:Hubert Figuiere <address@hidden>:1130648605::
uid:Pedro R. Fernandez (GNU/Linux User #000.204.555 http%3A//counter.li.org/) 
<address@hidden>:::
pub:A56E15A3:17:1024:1002062559::
uid:Hubert Figuiere <address@hidden>:::
uid:Hubert Figuiere <address@hidden>:::
uid:Pedro R. Fernandez (GNU/Linux User #000.204.555 http%3A//counter.li.org/) 
<address@hidden>:1002062559::

David