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

[Olaf Gellert]

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?

I guess you are wrong. I think, GPG and other tools
also use the index functions of the keyservers. They
parse the HTML page generated by the servers and extract
the necessary information. This is what happens
if you do "gpg --searchkey"...

Cheers, Olaf

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