Re: [Sks-devel] exchange of ideas

2019-03-22 Thread brent s.
Whoops, sent a direct reply instead of to the list. Pasted below.On Mar 22, 2019 23:20, fuat wrote:I thought it was more comprehensive. Let me explain. A text file, html file, and .asc file are not dangerous to the server. Which is what I assert in my first reply, yes.The attacker cannot harm the

Re: [Sks-devel] exchange of ideas

2019-03-22 Thread fuat
I thought it was more comprehensive. Let me explain. A text file, html file, and .asc file are not dangerous to the server. The attacker cannot harm the server with the text file. can only read. but sks database is very often corrupted. If there is an error in writing a file, only that file is c

Re: [Sks-devel] exchange of ideas

2019-03-22 Thread brent s.
On 3/22/19 9:44 PM, brent s. wrote: (SNIP) > As you can see, the binary format is approximately 70% the size on-disk > of the ASCII-armored version. This scales pretty well; generally > speaking, the binary format of any given signature, including signatures > or not, regardless of hash type or key

Re: [Sks-devel] exchange of ideas

2019-03-22 Thread brent s.
On 3/22/19 9:16 PM, brent s. wrote: > On 3/22/19 4:50 PM, fuat wrote: >> Hi everybody, >> >> Is it a security threat to keep public keys in the sks database in the >> directory as an .asc file? >> >> Can it be done? Why can not be done? >> >> What are the advantages and disadvantages? >> >> I'd app

Re: [Sks-devel] exchange of ideas

2019-03-22 Thread brent s.
On 3/22/19 4:50 PM, fuat wrote: > Hi everybody, > > Is it a security threat to keep public keys in the sks database in the > directory as an .asc file? > > Can it be done? Why can not be done? > > What are the advantages and disadvantages? > > I'd appreciate it if you sent me your ideas. > A

[Sks-devel] exchange of ideas

2019-03-22 Thread fuat
Hi everybody, Is it a security threat to keep public keys in the sks database in the directory as an .asc file? Can it be done? Why can not be done? What are the advantages and disadvantages? I'd appreciate it if you sent me your ideas. -- ┌--┐ | Fuat B