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Re: [Sks-devel] Displaying user images on index page


From: David Shaw
Subject: Re: [Sks-devel] Displaying user images on index page
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 08:20:14 -0500
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On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 01:43:59PM +0100, Thomas Sjögren wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 24, 2004 at 10:25:44PM -0600, Daniel Johnson wrote:
> > The HTML format SKS outputs has to be compatible with automated
> > parsers, like GPG, right?  Would they ignore a normal IMG tag (or
> > extra HREF)?
> > <IMG SRC="something:1234/file.jpg">
> > <A HREF="something:1234/pks?getpic=0xDEADBEEF">Photo</A>
> 
> I dont understand the issue here, isnt website pictures only for people
> manually using the keyserver interface to look at key info?
> Why does GPG care about how the picture is displayed on the website
> since it fetches the public key directly with the picture inside and not the
> webpage?

GnuPG doesn't care about the picture, but current versions actually
read and parse the raw HTML that makes up the index page.  If that
format is changed in the wrong place, GnuPG can't parse it.

David




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