Terminology - certificate or key ?

Robert J. Hansen rjh at sixdemonbag.org
Fri Sep 30 16:24:55 CEST 2016


> I'd start with -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- :)

You are technically correct (the best kind of correct!) [1] -- no, wait!  That's "key block", not "keyblock"!

I'm more technically correct!  I win!  :)

In all seriousness, the only context in which I've seen "key block" has been the beginning of an armored certificate, and I've literally never seen "keyblock", nor have I ever heard anyone call their certificate a "keyblock" or "key block" outside of the narrow context of "look for -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----".

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hou0lU8WMgo




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