Question to WKD-Feature

Bernhard Reiter bernhard at intevation.de
Mon Nov 7 09:14:57 CET 2016


Werner, 

[WKD https get method must return the binary representation]

Am Freitag, 4. November 2016, 21:03:37 schrieb Werner Koch:
> It is binary because HTTP transports binary data just fine.
> 
> In contrast SMTP is not able to transport binary

what do you think about the idea to also allow "ascii armored"
so that some server implementations (of WKS) could manage the pubkeys
without looking into the contents? They could just deliver the ascii 
armored pubkey they've gotten from the client via auth-summit.

Best Regards,
Bernhard


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