Re: [openpgp] Fingerprints

[Christoph Anton Mitterer <[e-mail]>]

On Mon, 2015-04-20 at 20:37 +0200, Werner Koch wrote: 
> For a long time I pondered with the idea to suggest base32
In principle I'd agree, especially as it nicely solves that 0 vs. O
issue.

> meanwhile I think that hex digits are easier to read and spell over
> noisy channels.
Hmm,... well I have no strong opinion,... but I think with e.g. the ICAO
alphabet it should work fairly well - I mean this was made more or less
for exactly that purpose.


>  08-12345678-9abcdef0-12345678-9abcdef0-12345678-9abcdef0-12345678-9abcdef0
> would fit into one line and is still not too hard to read.
And what if we'd already move to a 512 bit hash? E.g. SHA3-512.

Also consider that people often write this to business cards and that
like, were space is more limited than on a computer system's line (e.g.
the 80 chars of traditional terminal).


Cheers,
Chris.