[Pkg-gnupg-maint] Bug#705538: Bug#705538: gnupg: 5 charset username limit

[Thijs Kinkhorst]

Hi Pol,

Op dinsdag 16 april 2013 13:16:01 schreef Pol Hallen:
> Good morning, I study pgp for purpose test and I can't create my key
> because my name is "Pol" (only 3 charset) while gnupg needs 5 charset.
> 
> Why this limit?

The minimum of 5 characters applies to the full user ID, not to your first 
name. So If you are "Pol Hallen <polhallen at fuckaround.org>" then you're well 
over the 5 character minimum.

I don't think the minimum is strictly in the RFC, but since this field is 
indended to identify the key owner in the web of trust, using a value shorter 
than 5 is probably indeed too a-specific and not what you want, and I can 
understand GnuPG's choice to protect the user against creating and uploading a 
non-specific key user ID.

Cheers,
Thijs
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