Bug #14808

OpenPGP Applet should display key creation time instead of key ID

Added by nodens 2017-10-07 11:07:17 . Updated 2018-02-26 08:30:53 .

Status:
Duplicate
Priority:
Low
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Target version:
Start date:
2017-10-07
Due date:
% Done:

0%

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Type of work:
Code
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Affected tool:
OpenPGP Applet
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Description

In the public key encryption interface of OpenPGP Applet, the keys are listed displaying the short hex key ID.

It doesn’t really matter since it’s not involved in fetching keys or the like, but it’s good practice to always use the long hex keyid.

If only for the sake of consistency, OpenPGP applet should diplay long IDs too.

That said, long keyids are unsafe too (though a bit less so than short ones). Maybe we shouldn’t display them at all and only show fingerprint ?

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Related issues

Related to Tails - Feature #13602: OpenPGP Applet: rewrite key selection interface Duplicate 2017-08-08

History

#1 Updated by nodens 2017-10-07 11:07:58

  • related to Feature #13602: OpenPGP Applet: rewrite key selection interface added

#2 Updated by nodens 2017-10-07 11:09:30

  • Subject changed from OpenPGP Applet should display long keyid to OpenPGP Applet should display long keyid (or even only FP)

#3 Updated by nodens 2017-11-06 20:44:42

  • Type of work changed from Discuss to Code

This ticket was discussed during the monthly meeting (November 2017).
Here is a summary of the discussion / decision:

Discussion summary

  • It’s not used for key verification, only disambiguation.
  • user should not rely on id for verification (any id).
  • seahorse-tool show short key id
  • Fingerprint here would be confusing.

Decision:

Since seahorse-tool show short key id, we should stick with that, or, preferably, display no id at all. Then we would show the key creation date for disambiguation.

#4 Updated by nodens 2017-11-06 20:45:18

  • Subject changed from OpenPGP Applet should display long keyid (or even only FP) to OpenPGP Applet should display key creation time instead of key ID

#5 Updated by nodens 2018-02-25 18:56:38

  • Status changed from Confirmed to Resolved

Hi,

OpenPGP applet is moving to its new home on https://salsa.debian.org/openpgp-applet-team/openpgp-applet

This issue has been duplicated upstream: https://salsa.debian.org/openpgp-applet-team/openpgp-applet/issues/10

I’m closing this one. Feel free to comment on the upstream link!

You will need an account on Salsa. If you don’t have one already, you can create one on https://signup.salsa.debian.org/.

Cheers!

#6 Updated by intrigeri 2018-02-26 08:30:53

  • Status changed from Resolved to Duplicate