name field restriction when creating key

[ilf]

steve (GPGTools):
> we've recently noticed that gnupg imposes some interesting 
> restrictions on the name field when creating a key. The name can 
> either be empty or must have a minimum of 5 characters. Since that 
> strikes us as kind of odd, we were wondering if someone could shed 
> some light on why it was implemented this way.

There's an option "allow-freeform-uid", described as:

> Disable all checks on the form of the user ID while generating a new 
> one. This option should only be used in very special environments as 
> it does not ensure the de-facto standard format of user IDs.

-- 
ilf

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