On 09/18/15 22:59, Robert J. Hansen wrote: >> "Valid signature using untrusted key..." ? > > I'd actually go even further. I'd break it into two entries: "Digital > signature" and "Confidence". E.g.: > > Digital signature: PRESENT > Confidence level: NONE > > Then let people click on each to get more detailed information. E.g., > if they click on "None" a pop-up window might say, "Although the digital > signature is present, it cannot be verified because you do not have the > sender's public key."
I like the idea of separating signature presence/validity from key confidence level. I think this is a better approach than trying to combine two [even related] concepts into a single message. Though I'm not sure about 'PRESENT' as a signature status. Since enigmail does not report anything about a message with no signature or encryption, PRESENT doesn't really contain very much useful information. It's a bit of a NOOP. I started out thinking about three levels of signature status — VALID, INVALID, NONE - but would NONE ever actually get used? If signature status is NONE, the dog doesn't bark at all. And do we also need a PARTIAL? In the case of PARTIAL, which comes up *frequently* on this list for example, it would also be great if we could come up with a way to show *which parts* of a message are signed, and whether those partial signatures are valid. For instance, the message *body* has a valid signature, but an unsigned footer has been appended. > I would also suggest that we consider diverging from GnuPG's > terminology. GnuPG is a command-line application; Enigmail is a GUI > application. Language that makes sense in one context may not make > sense in another. GnuPG needs to deliver maximum information in the > minimum number of words, which means their language will tend to be > terse and cryptic. We don't have that problem. We have the luxury of > room to explain things -- maybe we should consider exploiting that! A good thought. Leverage what you've got, not what some related package is constrained to. -- Phil Stracchino Babylon Communications [email protected] [email protected] Landline: 603.293.8485
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