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Re: [openpgp] A way to securely define cleartext signature charset

Andre Heinecke <aheinecke@intevation.de> Tue, 11 September 2018 11:01 UTC

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Subject: Re: [openpgp] A way to securely define cleartext signature charset
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On Tuesday, September 11, 2018 12:50:11 PM CEST Vincent Breitmoser wrote:
> > A minor issue is that my Application might temporarily show the wrong
> > representation before the verification is done but I guess that is indeed
> > minor.
> 
> Cleartext signatures are typically short. Is there a reason for even showing 
the
> text before the signature is verified and the charset known?

In GnuPG we have the option "auto-key-retrieve" which I prefer to use. That 
option will fetch an unknown  signing key from remote sources e.g. Keyserver 
or WKD, which can take a while. But as I said, this is a minor issue.

Regards,
Andre

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