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Is the user expected to recognize the public key fingerprint?

April 26, 2017fingerprint key public recognize user

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Is the user expected to recognize the public key fingerprint?

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No, a PetName system remembers public key fingerprints for the user. The user can associate a personally chosen petname with a public key fingerprint. The PetName system will automatically recognize YURLs that use that public key fingerprint and display the corresponding petname. The user navigates a YURL web using only the personally chosen petnames, never even seeing the corresponding public key fingerprints.