I run a SKS key server and watch my daily numbers to see
how many keys get updated, etc. Being a numbers guy I wondered how many
people, like me, update their GPG keys, I specifically update the
expiration date and generate new encryption keys annually, at the
beginning of the new year. Apparently I'm not alone:
Daily Histogram
| Time |
New Keys |
Updated Keys |
| 2012-01-02 |
266 |
210 |
| 2012-01-01 |
251 |
6422 |
| 2011-12-31 |
191 |
99 |
| 2011-12-30 |
287 |
133 |
| 2011-12-29 |
326 |
112 |
| 2011-12-28 |
297 |
154 |
| 2011-12-27 |
290 |
133 |
| 2011-12-26 |
248 |
84 |
| 2011-12-25 |
146 |
55 |
| 2011-12-24 |
157 |
81 |
| 2011-12-23 |
216 |
99 |
| 2011-12-22 |
330 |
152 |
| 2011-12-21 |
326 |
146 |
Specifically these keys were updated at 1700Z. I'm not sure I have the
ability to see which keys were updated but I'd love to know how that
happened.