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Re: [openpgp] Enigmail XSA issue with WKD and HTTP authentication

2018-12-14 04:07:19
On Fri, 14 Dec 2018 10:02:46 +0100
Werner Koch <wk(_at_)gnupg(_dot_)org> wrote:

  A client MUST not accept a HTTP authentication challenge (HTTP code
  401) because the information in the Web Key Directory is public and
  needs no authentication.  Allowing an authentication challenge has
the problem to easily confuse a user with a password prompt and
tricking him into falsely entering the passphrase used to protect his
private key or to login to his mail provider.

Sounds good.

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Hanno Böck
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