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Re: [Monotone-devel] Key identities...


From: Timothy Brownawell
Subject: Re: [Monotone-devel] Key identities...
Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2007 19:55:10 -0600

On Sun, 2007-11-04 at 19:13 +0100, Richard Levitte wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> I just saw that another case when someone created two keys with the
> same key id on the IRC log.  While those mistakes are a bit
> frustrating in themselves, what's even more frustrating is that the
> signatures from one of the identically identified keys will be
> invalid, even though the key itself really is OK.
> 
> So, I'm wondering, is there any reason, except for the database
> migration that will follow and the fact that *someone* will have to do
> the job, that stops us from switching to identifying keys by
> fingerprint rather than name, at least internally?

Could we also handle this by making process_data_command error() on
data_exists for a key item? I believe all keys are sent before any certs
are sent, so this should block any key collision errors from propagating
over netsync.

-- 
Timothy

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