Re: pgcrypto: PGP armor headers

On 10/01/2014 11:58 AM, Marko Tiikkaja wrote:
> On 10/1/14, 9:11 AM, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
>> We have two options:
>>
>> 1. Throw an error if there are any non-ASCII characters in the key/value
>> arrays.
>> 2. Don't convert them to UTF-8, but use the current database encoding.
>>
>> Both seem sane to me. If we use the current database encoding, then we
>> have to also decide what to do with the input, in pgp_armor_headers().
>> If armor() uses the database encoding, but pgp_armor_headers() treats
>> the input as UTF-8, then a round-trip with pgp_armor_headers(armor(?))
>> won't work.
>
> Yeah. Both options seem fine to me. Throwing an error perhaps slightly
> more so.

I went with 1, throw an error. I also added checks that the key or value
doesn't contain any embedded newlines, and that the key doesn't contain
an embedded ": ". Those would cause the armor to be invalid.

I think this is now ready for commit, but since I've changed it quite
significantly from what you originally submitted, please take a moment
to review this.

- Heikki