user ID creation

[Harald Katzer]

Hello GnuPG developers,

I would like to suggest some enhancemants to the generation of user IDs, =
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key pairs base upon.
According to the RFC 2440 "OpenPGP Message Format", which states in chapt=
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5.11. "User ID Packet", that "there are no restrictions on its [the UID's=
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content", I propose to offer the GnuPG users two types of UID!

The first type should be an anonymous UID, that contains only a nickname =
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optionally some comment. The generated key pair could be trusted via the=20
web-of-trust (WOT) scheme and used on anonymous discussion boards, like t=
hose=20
already being used in freenet and hopefully soon become popular in GNUnet=
=2E

The second type of UID is similar to the one already used, with the only=20
difference, that it should offer the users some more features for validat=
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the indentity of the secret-key owner. I think the UID should optionally=20
contain:

- e-mail adress (ok, we already have it for communication and WOT validat=
ion)
- the favorite keyserver used by the owner of the user ID (validating via=
 WOT)
- domain name (could be validated via IANA database)
- official phone number (to be found in a phone book)

I hope these suggestions will give GnuPG some versatility, so that users =
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derive wider benefit from it.
I am grateful for any remark,

best regards,

Harald