Re: [Enigmail] Key ID or Fingerprint?

2015-11-24 Thread Bob Williams
On 24/11/15 14:27, Olav Seyfarth wrote: > Hi Bob, > >> People add PGP Key ID or Fingerprint to their signatures. Which is >> preferable/better to help interested parties find your key? > > that depends on where your key is (on public server or not) and what > your primary concern is: > [...] >

Re: [Enigmail] Key ID or Fingerprint?

2015-11-24 Thread Robert J. Hansen
> People often add their PGP Key ID or Fingerprint to their email > signatures. Which is preferable/better to help interested parties find > your key? As a general rule, fingerprints. It's possible to use key IDs safely, but it leaves the door open to a few attacks. It's easiest to close the doo

Re: [Enigmail] Key ID or Fingerprint?

2015-11-24 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
On Tue 2015-11-24 07:27:41 -0500, Bob Williams wrote: > People often add their PGP Key ID or Fingerprint to their email > signatures. Which is preferable/better to help interested parties find > your key? The full fingerprint is better than the Key ID. The Key ID is trivially spoofable (meaning t

Re: [Enigmail] Key ID or Fingerprint?

2015-11-24 Thread Olav Seyfarth
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hi Bob, > People add PGP Key ID or Fingerprint to their signatures. Which is > preferable/better to help interested parties find your key? that depends on where your key is (on public server or not) and what your primary concern is: If your key i

[Enigmail] Key ID or Fingerprint?

2015-11-24 Thread Bob Williams
Firstly, can I say how much I like the Enigmail tool bar. Well done. People often add their PGP Key ID or Fingerprint to their email signatures. Which is preferable/better to help interested parties find your key? Bob -- Bob Williams System: Linux 4.1.12-1-default Distro: openSUSE 42.1 (x86_64