key-examples - Revision history

Aaronpk: Replace with {{DISPLAYTITLE:}}

2020-07-18T16:28:43Z

Replace <entry-title> with {{DISPLAYTITLE:}}

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	This page documents existing real world publishing examples of public keys in the hope of analyzing them to see if / how to better fit existing publishing practices of public keys, either with [[hCard]]'s 'key' property, or possibly other solutions.		This page documents existing real world publishing examples of public keys in the hope of analyzing them to see if / how to better fit existing publishing practices of public keys, either with [[hCard]]'s 'key' property, or possibly other solutions.

Barnabywalters: /* separate page inside university user account home dir */

2013-10-07T23:15:22Z

separate page inside university user account home dir

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	</source>		</source>

	* uses font face Courier instead of a <pre> tag		* uses font face Courier and br elements instead of a <pre> tag
	* type bits etc. included in addition to usual BEGIN PGP header		* type bits etc. included in addition to usual BEGIN PGP header

Barnabywalters: /* Real-World Examples */ expanded example URL lists to encourage citations of real world examples

2013-10-07T23:09:52Z

Real-World Examples: expanded example URL lists to encourage citations of real world examples

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	=== personal home page ===		=== personal home page ===
	==== Nick Doty ====		==== Nick Doty ====
	~~Example URL~~: [http://npdoty.name/ Nick Doty]		In the wild:
			* [http://npdoty.name/ Nick Doty]
			* …

	Note: the page has an [[hCard]] of the individual <em>with</em> a 'key' property containing a public key fingerprint:		Note: the page has an [[hCard]] of the individual <em>with</em> a 'key' property containing a public key fingerprint:
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	==== Matthias Ries ====		==== Matthias Ries ====
	~~Example URL~~: [http://mad4milk.de/ Matthias Ries]		In the wild:
			* [http://mad4milk.de/ Matthias Ries]
			* …

	Note: the page has an [[hCard]] of the individual, but no 'key' property. However, ''inside'' that hCard, there is the following:		Note: the page has an [[hCard]] of the individual, but no 'key' property. However, ''inside'' that hCard, there is the following:
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	==== Ben Tremblay ====		==== Ben Tremblay ====
	~~Example URL~~: http://bentrem.net/		In the wild:
			* http://bentrem.net/
			* …

	Note: the page has three [[hCard]]s for the individual, but no 'key' property. Just after the last hCard, there is the following:		Note: the page has three [[hCard]]s for the individual, but no 'key' property. Just after the last hCard, there is the following:
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	==== Wells College ====		==== Wells College ====
	~~Example URL~~: http://eclipse.wells.edu/badams/contact/		In the wild:
			* http://eclipse.wells.edu/badams/contact/
			* …

	Note: The page has an [[hCard]] of the individual ''with'' a 'key' property!		Note: The page has an [[hCard]] of the individual ''with'' a 'key' property!
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	==== claimID ====		==== claimID ====
	~~Example URL~~: [http://claimid.com/caedis claimID : Brandon B]		In the wild:
			* [http://claimid.com/caedis claimID : Brandon B]
			* …

	Note: ClaimID has [[hcard-supporting-user-profiles]] and thus the page has an [[hCard]] of the individual, but no 'key' property.		Note: ClaimID has [[hcard-supporting-user-profiles]] and thus the page has an [[hCard]] of the individual, but no 'key' property.

Barnabywalters: /* key on its own page */ added Alec Muffet example, restructured other examples to encourage addition of more wild examples

2013-10-07T23:06:32Z

key on its own page: added Alec Muffet example, restructured other examples to encourage addition of more wild examples

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	=== key on its own page ===		=== key on its own page ===
	Separate page for a key, rather than inside or a part of a profile or contact information.		Separate page for a key, rather than inside or a part of a profile or contact information.

	==== armored OpenPGP in HTML ====		==== armored OpenPGP in HTML ====
	~~Example URL~~: [http://futureboy.us/pgp.html PGP Public Key for Alan Eliasen]		In the wild:
			* [http://futureboy.us/pgp.html PGP Public Key for Alan Eliasen]
			* [http://dropsafe.crypticide.com/pgp Alec Muffet]

			Typical markup:

	<source lang=html4strict>		<source lang=html4strict>
	<H2>Public Key</H2>		<H2>Public Key</H2>
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	==== PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK in PRE ====		==== PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK in PRE ====
	~~Example URL~~: [http://www.folsoms.net/pubkey.shtml Folsom's Public Key]		In the wild:
			* [http://www.folsoms.net/pubkey.shtml Folsom's Public Key]
			* …

			Typical markup:

	<source lang=html4strict>		<source lang=html4strict>
	<pre>		<pre>
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	==== Key in PRE with SPAN per line ====		==== Key in PRE with SPAN per line ====
	~~Example URL~~: http://yonkeltron.com/my-public-key/		In the wild:

			* http://yonkeltron.com/my-public-key/

			Typical markup:

	<source lang=html4strict>		<source lang=html4strict>
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	==== Blog post with public key block ====		==== Blog post with public key block ====
	~~Example URL~~: http://ask-leo.com/whats_your_public_key.html		In the wild:
			* http://ask-leo.com/whats_your_public_key.html
			* …

	...		==== separate page inside university user account home dir ====
			In the wild:

			* http://users.stargate.net/~rewilson/PGPClick/mykey.html

	~~==== separate page inside university user account home dir ====~~		Typical markup:
	~~Example URL~~: ~~http://users.stargate.net/~rewilson/PGPClick/mykey.html~~

	<source lang=html4strict>		<source lang=html4strict>

Tantek: add Nick Doty personal home page example with hCard with key property!

2013-03-15T22:44:52Z

add Nick Doty personal home page example with hCard with key property!

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 Related: provide input to W3C Crypto API [http://www.w3.org/2012/webcrypto/track/issues/14 Issue 14: Representation of raw key material]
-Particularly interesting example: [[key-examples#Wells_College|Prof. Adams of Wells College]] publishes his public key as the 'key' property of his [[hCard]] on his contact page. Both [[Operator]] and [[H2VX]] find the key and convert it to the key property in a vCard, importable into any Address Book that supports vCard's key property.
+Particularly interesting examples: [[key-examples#Nick_Doty|Nick Doty]] publishes his public key fingerprint as the 'key' property on his home page (linking to his public key at a separate URL), and [[key-examples#Wells_College|Prof. Adams of Wells College]] publishes his public key as the 'key' property of his [[hCard]] on his contact page. Both [[Operator]] and [[H2VX]] find the hCard key property and convert it to the key property in a vCard, importable into any Address Book that supports vCard's key property.
 == The Problem ==
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 Real world publishing examples of public keys on public web pages.
 === personal home page ===
 ==== Matthias Ries ====
 Example URL: [http://mad4milk.de/ Matthias Ries]
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 <source lang=html4strict>
- <div class="signature">
+<div class="signature">
   <pre>
 -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
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 -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
   </pre>
- </div>
+</div>
 </source>

Tantek: /* meeting someone and sending private messages */ possible threats

2012-12-06T23:53:12Z

meeting someone and sending private messages: possible threats

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	* the web app retrieves the public key from the URL and uses it to encrypt the message before sending it.		* the web app retrieves the public key from the URL and uses it to encrypt the message before sending it.
	* each receives a message from the other and is able to use their messaging web app to decrypt and read it.		* each receives a message from the other and is able to use their messaging web app to decrypt and read it.

			==== possible threats ====
			Implementations would need to be aware and careful about:
			===== fake key updates =====
			* if the browser is going to offer to import contacts, particularly with keys, that the source and provenance of those keys is well understood. It's one thing to go to keyserver/directory, its another to be lead to phishme.example.com which attempts to update all of your contacts with keys held by evil-repressive-government.example.com - originally provided by rsleevi in #crypto on W3C IRC 2012-341.
			===== --- other threats --- =====
			* ...

	== Real-World Examples ==		== Real-World Examples ==

Tantek: /* The Problem */ para,typo

2012-11-08T03:17:21Z

The Problem: para,typo

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	== The Problem ==		== The Problem ==
	A user wants to share their public key on the web. What's the best way to do this? To answer that question, this page researches existing publishing ~~practies~~ to see if there are patterns or exemplary examples, or if we can use them to figure out a recommended way to publish public keys on web pages.		A user wants to share their public key on the web. What's the best way to do this?

			To answer that question, this page researches existing publishing practices to see if there are patterns or exemplary examples, or if we can use them to figure out a recommended way to publish public keys on web pages.

	== Use Cases ==		== Use Cases ==

Tantek: add particularly interesting example

2012-11-01T23:45:18Z

add particularly interesting example

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	Related: provide input to W3C Crypto API [http://www.w3.org/2012/webcrypto/track/issues/14 Issue 14: Representation of raw key material]		Related: provide input to W3C Crypto API [http://www.w3.org/2012/webcrypto/track/issues/14 Issue 14: Representation of raw key material]

			Particularly interesting example: [[key-examples#Wells_College\|Prof. Adams of Wells College]] publishes his public key as the 'key' property of his [[hCard]] on his contact page. Both [[Operator]] and [[H2VX]] find the key and convert it to the key property in a vCard, importable into any Address Book that supports vCard's key property.

	== The Problem ==		== The Problem ==

Tantek: /* key on its own page */ add plain text file linked from person site home page found by BarnabyWalters

2012-11-01T23:29:03Z

key on its own page: add plain text file linked from person site home page found by BarnabyWalters

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 * type bits etc. included in addition to usual BEGIN PGP header
-==== plain text file ====
+==== plain text file linked from person site home page ===
 Example URL: http://www.w3.org/People/Bos/bert-pubkey.txt

Tantek: /* PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK */ a few more separate page examples from BarnabyWalters's public-key-examples page

2012-11-01T23:24:52Z

PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK: a few more separate page examples from BarnabyWalters's public-key-examples page

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 * alternative key server for key (human search required at destination)
-==== PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK ====
+==== PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK in PRE ====
 Example URL: [http://www.folsoms.net/pubkey.shtml Folsom's Public Key]
 <source lang=html4strict>
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 * raw key in a PRE block
 ==== plain text file ====