Re: [pe-users] I pose a question:

[L. S. <ra...@qu...>]

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On Sat, 18 Mar 2000, Frank Tobin wrote:

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> As I've just posed to the GnuPG users list, GnuPG can be very slow at
> returning key information that includes revocation/disabed key
> information (I accomplish through the --with-colons option).
> 
> I was initially considering having pgpenvelope optionally not present keys
> to encrypt to that are disabled or revoked.  However, the speed hit is
> could be big, if I include this functionality.  Note that this would only
> affect you if you decide to encrypt to people, as signing does not
> automatically load the keyring.
> 
> Until this issue with GnuPG can be resolved so that I can get this
> information from it faster (which it may not be able to), I'm asking you
> for opinions on the issue.  I cannot decently provide this as an
> 'option'; the code would be a mess.
> 
> The question, summed up, is: Would you be willing to trade possible speed
> when loading the keyring for encrypting in exchange for the functionality
> of being able to automatically ignore disabled or revoked keys?

Depends on what level of a performance hit we are talking about here. i
wouldn't want to wait 90 seconds to select the key I wish to encrypt to.
 
> --
> Frank Tobin		http://www.neverending.org/~ftobin/
> 
> "To learn what is good and what is to be valued,
> those truths which cannot be shaken or changed."  Myst: The Book of Atrus
> 
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> gpg: Signature made Sat Mar 18 20:26:14 2000 PST using DSA key ID 260C4FA3
> gpg: Good signature from "Frank J. Tobin <ft...@bi...>"
> gpg:                 aka "Dekan"
> gpg:                 aka "Frank J. Tobin <ft...@ui...>"
> gpg:                 aka "Frank J. Tobin <ft...@ne...>"
> gpg: WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted signature!
> gpg:          There is no indication that the signature belongs to the owner.
> gpg: Fingerprint: 4F86 3BBB A816 6F0A 340F  6003 56FF D10A 260C 4FA3
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