Proposal of OpenPGP Email Validation

[Kristian Fiskerstrand]

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On 07/27/2015 07:55 PM, nico at enigmail.net wrote:
> Hi MFPA, Thanks a lot for your feedback.

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> 
>> Why would the notation value be base64 encoded? What is the
>> rationale for preventing users from reading the notation values
>> in a key listing?
> 
> Hmm, it was a recommendation by Kristina Fiskerstrand: "the value
> should be base64 encoded to avoid some issues" @Kristian: Can you
> elaborate on that?

It makes the information more compact and will make hkp vindex lists
look cleaner. Presuming this information contains data objects in json
format it will be interpreted by a parser, and raw data from
keyservers anyways shouldn't be trusted directly before validating the
signature (including its subpackets/notations) since no crypto has
been performed at that point.

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Kristian Fiskerstrand
Blog: http://blog.sumptuouscapital.com
Twitter: @krifisk
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Public OpenPGP key 0xE3EDFAE3 at hkp://pool.sks-keyservers.net
fpr:94CB AFDD 3034 5109 5618 35AA 0B7F 8B60 E3ED FAE3
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"Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do
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