henryboldi/felony

Verifying a signed message

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#88 opened on Oct 24, 2016

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Description

What's this issue about?

Verifying a self signed message wrong strings.

Expected behavior

Show the name/email of the person that signed the message.

Actual behavior

Show undefined .

Steps to reproduce

Create key, sign a message, verify it.

Environment

macOS Sierra.

screen shot 2016-10-24 at 9 55 53 am

Contributor guide

Tech stack
javascriptelectron
Domain
desktopsecurityauthentication
Issue type
bug
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-3 hours
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
clear
Prerequisites
JavaScriptElectronOpenPGP.js
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
65
Research direction
Investigate the code that handles signature verification and display of the signer's identity. Focus on the Electron app's verification flow, likely in the renderer process where the signed message is parsed. Look at how the OpenPGP.js library's signature object is used to extract the user ID (name/email). Check if the signature's key or user ID property is undefined, and ensure the correct method is called to retrieve the signer's information. Review the 10 comments in the issue for any hints or attempted fixes.