Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: seahorse
When creating a new PGP key with seahorse, it displays a tantalizing
"comment" field without warning newbies that this will become part of
their encryption string.
Steps:
1) Open seahorse
2) File -> New
3) Select "PGP Key"
4) Enter Name, email address, /and comment/
5) Finish rest of steps
What happens? I get a key string like "David Tombs (my stupid comment)
<cyan.s...@gmail.com>", where everyone will see my stupid comment.
What should happen: Seahorse should tactfully warn the user like GPG
does:
You need a user ID to identify your key; the software constructs the user ID
from the Real Name, Comment and Email Address in this form:
"Heinrich Heine (Der Dichter) <heinri...@duesseldorf.de>"
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Mar 21 23:01:23 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: seahorse 2.28.1-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-20.58-generic
SourcePackage: seahorse
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-20-generic x86_64
** Affects: seahorse (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug
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creating PGP key should warn about comment field
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/543886
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