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Re: [Sks-devel] Displaying user images on index page
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David Shaw |
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Re: [Sks-devel] Displaying user images on index page |
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Wed, 25 Feb 2004 17:55:13 -0500 |
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On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 02:25:00PM +0100, Thomas Sjögren wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 07:47:13AM -0500, Yaron M. Minsky wrote:
> > I actually no longer think this feature is such a great idea. It was
> > pointed out to me privately that it could give, erm, unsavory types a
> > place to store images for public consumption.
>
> I think the usage of key servers as a gallery or dump spot for
> unappropriate images isnt such a big issue, kind of the discussion
> of spammers using key server for harvesting email adressess.
> Besides that, images are accepted in public keys as a means of
> identification and is in the standard so is see no point of not
> displaying them.
They are in the standard, yes, but in the standard there is no way for
an attacker to add a photo to your key against your will. Given the
current keyserver design, this is trivially done on a keyserver.
To be sure, the bogus photo will disappear as soon as the key is
imported into PGP or GnuPG, but if the keyserver displays photos...
David
- Re: [Sks-devel] Displaying user images on index page, (continued)
- Re: [Sks-devel] Displaying user images on index page, Yaron M. Minsky, 2004/02/25
- Re: [Sks-devel] Displaying user images on index page, Olaf Gellert, 2004/02/25
- Re: [Sks-devel] Displaying user images on index page, David Shaw, 2004/02/25
- Re: [Sks-devel] Displaying user images on index page, Yaron Minsky, 2004/02/25
- Re: [Sks-devel] Displaying user images on index page, David Shaw, 2004/02/25
- Re: [Sks-devel] Displaying user images on index page, Bjoern Buerger, 2004/02/25
- Re: [Sks-devel] Displaying user images on index page, Thomas Sjögren, 2004/02/25
- Re: [Sks-devel] Displaying user images on index page, David Shaw, 2004/02/25
- Re: [Sks-devel] Displaying user images on index page, Thomas Sjögren, 2004/02/25
Re: [Sks-devel] Displaying user images on index page, Thomas Sjögren, 2004/02/25
Re: [Sks-devel] Displaying user images on index page, David Shaw, 2004/02/25
Re: [Sks-devel] Displaying user images on index page, Sacha J. Bernstein, 2004/02/25
Re: [Sks-devel] Displaying user images on index page, Sacha J. Bernstein, 2004/02/25