Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG

From	Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid>
Newsgroups	alt.os.linux
Subject	Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG
Date	2016-09-27 07:11 -0700
Message-ID	<e4vd0kF950iU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
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Carlos E.R. wrote:
> Mike Easter wrote:
>> Mike Easter wrote:
>>> Personally, I think I should be able to 'get' somehow, the long
>>> form from enigmail by using one of its menus, but I can't.
>>
>> *AHA !!*
>>
>> I've got it. Enigmail's menu has a properties function which
>> displays the fingerprint, which fingerprint is the best of all
>> worlds, better in terms of specificity than the short or the long
>> keyid.
>>
>> And, the fingerprint 'contains' both; the short is the last 8
>> chars, the long is the last 16.
>
> Yes, the information can be displayed, at least after downloading
> the key. But one has no control on which is used when one tells
> Enigmail to download the key of a message you have just received.
>
If I'm understanding the debate between long and short correctly, and if 
we were having a round table discussion of our points of view, I think I 
would disagree with the concept of 'never use the short form'.

The keyservers use the short form.

I believe that the most comprehensive strategy in such example as you 
are giving is to use the short form to 'find' they key, in some rare 
circumstance possibly finding more than one, and use the FINGERPRINT, 
not the long form, to verify the correct key.

The fingerprint is stronger than the long form.  The short form is more 
convenient than either.

-- 
Mike Easter

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Marek Novotny GnuPG Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2016-09-26 00:00 +0000
  Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2016-09-25 17:32 -0700
    Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2016-09-26 01:04 +0000
    Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG The Letter Q <babbaquimby@teachers.org> - 2016-09-26 11:12 -0400
  Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-09-26 03:56 +0200
  Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2016-09-26 10:53 +0000
    Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2016-09-26 05:10 -0700
      Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2016-09-26 05:22 -0700
        Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2016-09-26 05:45 -0700
          Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2016-09-26 10:10 -0700
            Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2016-09-26 10:54 -0700
          Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2016-09-27 11:27 -0700
            Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2016-09-27 18:40 +0000
            Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> - 2016-09-27 18:41 +0000
              Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2016-09-27 12:06 -0700
              Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2016-09-28 10:14 -0700
                Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2016-09-28 10:38 -0700
            Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2016-09-27 11:44 -0700
              Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2016-09-27 19:00 +0000
                Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2016-09-27 12:20 -0700
                Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-09-28 00:04 +0200
                Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2016-09-27 23:21 +0100
                Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2016-09-27 15:35 -0700
                Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-09-28 00:44 +0200
                Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2016-09-27 15:58 -0700
            Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2016-09-27 19:24 -0400
              Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2016-09-28 01:06 -0700
                Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2016-09-28 10:38 +0000
                Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2016-09-28 11:21 -0700
            Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2016-09-28 10:31 +0000
              Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2016-09-28 11:24 +0000
                Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-09-28 16:08 +0200
                Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2016-09-28 19:55 +0000
                Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2016-09-28 13:11 -0700
                Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2016-09-28 22:04 +0000
                Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2016-09-28 16:11 -0700
        Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2016-09-26 13:27 +0000
          Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2016-09-26 06:59 -0700
      Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2016-09-26 13:25 +0000
    Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-09-26 15:26 +0200
      Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2016-09-26 13:33 +0000
        Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-09-26 15:40 +0200
          Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2016-09-26 13:48 +0000
      Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2016-09-26 14:39 +0100
        Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-09-26 07:00 -0700
          Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2016-09-26 07:26 -0700
            Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2016-09-26 14:53 +0000
            Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2016-09-26 14:59 +0000
              Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2016-09-26 15:01 +0000
            Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-09-26 07:34 -0700
              Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-09-26 18:24 +0200
                Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-09-26 09:30 -0700
        Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-09-26 16:31 +0200
          Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2016-09-26 15:59 +0100
            Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-09-26 19:45 +0200
              Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2016-09-26 14:29 -0700
                Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2016-09-26 14:37 -0700
                Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2016-09-26 15:17 -0700
                Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2016-09-26 23:27 +0000
        Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2016-09-26 15:00 -0700
          Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2016-09-26 15:34 -0700
            Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-09-27 15:58 +0200
              Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2016-09-27 07:11 -0700
    Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2016-09-26 14:14 +0000
      Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2016-09-26 14:57 +0000
        Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2016-09-26 15:09 +0000
          Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2016-09-26 15:14 +0000
          Re: Marek Novotny GnuPG Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2016-09-26 15:18 +0000

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