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Kleopatra: Case insensitive algo compare in Kleopatras new key dialog
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Kleopatra takes the default key algorithm from gpg's --default-new-key-algo option. The comparison seems to be case sensitive so that an all lowercase "brainpoolp256r1" is detected as ECC but the the curve is not selected. Thus one needs to make sure to use the correct name "brainpoolP256r1" (with an uppercase 'p'). This is a bit surprising.

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werner triaged this task as Normal priority.Dec 3 2021, 12:44 PM
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Just to be correct: Kleopatra takes the default key algorithm from gpg's default_pubkey_algo pseudo option. (Technically, this pseudo option probably uses gpg's --default-new-key-algo option, but only if the latter is set.)

ikloecker changed the task status from Open to Testing.Dec 6 2021, 11:18 AM
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ikloecker renamed this task from Case insensitive algo compare in Kleopatras new key dialog to Kleopatra: Case insensitive algo compare in Kleopatras new key dialog.Dec 5 2022, 8:39 AM
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