On Tue, 8 Jan 2019 12:19:53 +0100, Peter Lebbing wrote: > On 08/01/2019 10:52, Stefan Claas wrote: > > #define MAX_ATTR_PACKET_LENGTH ( 16 * 1024*1024) > > [...] > > > > Was this large image size requested so that people > > in crypto circles can hide stuff in images etc. and then > > use key servers as secret distribution medium? > > Well, changing this number to something smaller would do nothing to > prevent this. It's probably just a generous upper limit to prevent a DoS > on GnuPG. What keyservers accept is not influenced by GnuPG.
I must admit i don't understand the DoS aspect in this regard, in case a key would only be allowed to a have the suggested* max image size. Larger sizes could be refused by GnuPG, when editing a key. *240x288 or slightly bigger. Regards Stefan _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
