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Re: [openpgp] Followup on fingerprints

Vincent Breitmoser <look@my.amazin.horse> Fri, 07 August 2015 10:06 UTC

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From: Vincent Breitmoser <look@my.amazin.horse>
To: Phillip Hallam-Baker <phill@hallambaker.com>
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Subject: Re: [openpgp] Followup on fingerprints
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On 7 Aug 2015, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote:

> Here, 100, 125 or 150 bits seem fine for a printed fingerprint and
> 256 bits is comfortable for an internal one. Do we really need to go
> further?

I'm not even sure what an "internal" fingerprint is supposed to be, or
where it is supposed to be used.  A fingerprint is the one true unique
identifier for a key, diverging from this "internally" misses the point
of that.

I also agree with Werner on the aspect that the openpgp rfc should
specify what a fingerprint is purely from a data perspective.  How it is
printed or otherwise represented is not something we should go into
there.

 - V

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