Re: Is there a maximum length for an OpenPGP UID?

2010-10-22 Thread Werner Koch
On Fri, 22 Oct 2010 02:29, expires2...@ymail.com said: Does it matter how many characters are for real name, comment, email address, or is it just a limit to the total length? The limit is on the total length: /* Cap the size of a user ID at 2k: a value absurdly large enough that there

Is there a maximum length for an OpenPGP UID?

2010-10-21 Thread MFPA
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hi Is there a maximum length for an OpenPGP UID? - -- Best regards MFPAmailto:expires2...@ymail.com It is not necessary to have enemies if you go out of your way to make friends hate you. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE

Re: Is there a maximum length for an OpenPGP UID?

2010-10-21 Thread David Shaw
On Oct 21, 2010, at 5:26 PM, MFPA wrote: Is there a maximum length for an OpenPGP UID? Yes, but it's huge: 4,294,967,295 characters long. That's the OpenPGP answer. In practice, however, using GnuPG, the maximum is 2048 characters. David

Re: Is there a maximum length for an OpenPGP UID?

2010-10-21 Thread MFPA
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hi On Friday 22 October 2010 at 12:28:53 AM, in mid:96d7db18-2717-4e06-800b-c47ba48e5...@jabberwocky.com, David Shaw wrote: On Oct 21, 2010, at 5:26 PM, MFPA wrote: Is there a maximum length for an OpenPGP UID? Yes, but it's huge