David Shaw wrote: > On Jun 4, 2014, at 4:52 AM, kwadronaut <kwadron...@puscii.nl> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I noticed that the search for keys in the web fronted is picky in its >> input. Some that should work (in my opinion) don't. I double checked >> with 'How to specify a uid' in gnupgs documentation [1]. Is there any >> rationale to limit the search like it's done currently, or would it be >> an improvement to also look for fingerprints, long and short keyids when >> the 0x isn't specified at the front? An improvement for end users that >> is, given that I don't run any sks servers myself, I'm not paying >> attention to possible drawbacks for server operators. >> >> NOK >> 1202821CBE2CD9C1 >> 1202821CBE2CD9C1 >> 0D24B36AA9A2A651787876451202821CBE2CD9C1 >> >> OK >> 0x1202821CBE2CD9C1 >> 0xBE2CD9C1 >> 0x0D24B36AA9A2A651787876451202821CBE2CD9C1 > > The rule is "All key ID searches start with 0x. Non-key-ID searches don't." >
In the code, key ID searches run against the keyid table. Non-key ID searches
target the word table. I believe this behavior was inherited from the pksd
code base.
-John
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