Re: Adding a pointer to a WebID in a GPG pubkey

Hi.

Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk> writes:

> Quoting Olivier Berger (2013-08-27 22:36:07)
>> 
>> Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk> writes:
>> 
>> >
>> > I find it a bad approach: the Photo is meant for visual 
>> > identification, not as storage container for whatever possible to 
>> > serialize in a visual container.
>> >
>> 
>> Yes, that makes sense, of course, but on the other hand, the specs 
>> (RFC 4880) mention :
>> 
>>  5.12.1. The Image Attribute Subpacket
>> 
>>    The Image Attribute subpacket is used to encode an image, 
>>    presumably (but not required to be) that of the key owner.
>
> The reason I find it a bad approach is not that it is forbidden or 
> explicitly discouraged (I agree that it isn't), but because of the use 
> of indirections.
>
> Yes, you can use the oven to store marmelade and sugar.  That is not 
> forbidden or explicitly discouraged, but still odd.
>
> ...but then again: this time you didn't ask for my opinion ;-)
>
>
>> Btw, in principle, there could be other kinds of "user attributes" 
>> ("5.12. User Attribute Packet) than the "image attribute" subpacket, 
>> alhough the specs don't describe them.
>
> I suggest asking Daniel Kahn Gillmore.  Both about his opinion on 
> introducing a new subpacket, and about the status of his RFC6091.
>
> I'd rather you do it than me, as I expect you to much better be able to 
> summarize to him what really is the issue here.
>

For the records, DONE, as a followup to previous discussions about WebID
use in Debian, on debian-devel list.

Best regards,
-- 
Olivier BERGER 
http://www-public.telecom-sudparis.eu/~berger_o/ - OpenPGP-Id: 2048R/5819D7E8
Ingenieur Recherche - Dept INF
Institut Mines-Telecom, Telecom SudParis, Evry (France)

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