photo-ID

[Nicholas Cole]

On Thursday, 1 January 2015, Robert J. Hansen <rjh at sixdemonbag.org> wrote:

> > I’ve discussed this attack vector on the keyserver mailing list.  The
> general consensus is that the attack that I’m concerned about is real, and
> would result in serious disruption to the global keyserver network for an
> extended period until we developed countermeasures — but those
> countermeasures would fundamentally transform the keyserver network and
> force us to radically redefine our expectations of service.
>
> Before people think I’m overreacting —
>

No. It is a realistic attack. Key servers might legitimately strip photo
ids if it were ever a problem, IMHO.

But in fact, a UID packet can contain arbitrary data anyway, can't it?
Isn't that just the same problem.

N.
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