linking to biglumber entries (was Re: how to use the gnupg for authenticated logins)

[Neil Williams]

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On Saturday 09 Aug 2003 8:11 pm, Jason Harris wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 09, 2003 at 06:55:03PM +0100, Neil Williams wrote:
> > http://www.biglumber.com/x/web?sn=3DNeil+Williams
> [BCC'd to biglumber-news]
> To link to a specific key/entry on biglumber (while also publishing its
> fingerprint), use the following form:
> =20
> http://www.biglumber.com/x/web?sf=3D4CD46644C10548EDCA28EC368801094A28BCB=
3E3

That is accurate.

I thought about that format but look what happens to the URL when it's=20
processed via email:
> http://www.biglumber.com/x/web?sf=3D4CD46644C10548EDCA28EC368801094A28BCB=
3E3;
>sid=3D28BCB3E3

I used the other method because it was shorter. I appreciate that it isn't =
a=20
precise match.=20

I put biglumber in my sig to publicise biglumber really, rather than as a t=
ool=20
to retrieve my key. (I rotate the last bit of the sig between sites that ha=
ve=20
my attention at the time - from broadband lobbying, gnupg, slashdot, just=20
whatever I feel like pushing at the time.) Next month it could be another=20
site entirely.

The key itself doesn't use any specialised sub-keys or multiple encryption=
=20
methods, it's a straight default GnuPG key with a few UID's. I haven't had=
=20
any reports of keyservers having problems with it and I keep the keyserver=
=20
copies updated with new signatures. It's not one of those keys that gets=20
corrupted or needs to be retrieved from the more specialised / capable=20
keyservers.

There was a little discussion here about the merits of publishing fingerpri=
nts=20
in email sigs, and I don't see that the fingerprint in my sig achieves an=20
awful lot. I have a regularly updated page with full details of both my key=
s=20
for download at the codehelp.co.uk site. Perhaps it would be better to=20
specify this page directly:

http://www.biglumber.com/x/web?sl=3D504
http://www.codehelp.co.uk/html/neilwilliams.html

(I doubt that many people use that page to actually import my keys though.)

=2D-=20

Neil Williams
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
http://www.codehelp.co.uk
http://www.dclug.org.uk

http://www.biglumber.com/x/web?sn=3DNeil+Williams


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