[Sks-devel] Fake keys and removal thereof

[NimbleSec SKS Admin]

Hi all,

I have a couple of quick noobish questions...

I noticed this tweet:
https://twitter.com/abditum/status/352271467196588035

It refers to a key retrieved from pgp.mit.edu that the keyserver is
not allowing removal of.   I noticed it was also available from
sks.pkqs.net, but didn't check any others...  Does SKS allow removal
by default, and is this the likely reason I can't look up the key in
question (keyID 51BB85A2) on my own server--or has it simply not been
gossiped to me yet?

Aside from asking the keyservers to remove a fraudulent key, is there
any other recourse for someone in this kind of situation?

Thank you,

James