Re: Key fingerprints?

[Jeffrey Hutzelman <jhutz%cmu.edu@localhost>]

> > 3. Use some more compact and/or more readable alphabet than hex.
> 
> Definitely.
> 
> >    I don't have an informed opinion on whether or not things like
> >    bubble-babble or the "random ascii-art" thing really helps users.
> 
> In general, neither do I.  But I have found that, in my own case, the
> base-85 encoding is _much_ more usable than the openssh-style hex.

I'd be careful about going too far with this.  Compactness is nice, but
so is the ability to read a fingerprint over the telephone.  I think
that at least means being case-insensitive, and probably also avoiding
some other characters (I'm assuming we are starting with printable
ASCII).

-- Jeff