399598 - Show PGP keys (application/pgp-keys) in the browser

Status: NEW

(Firefox :: File Handling, enhancement)

Description

[Martin F.]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; de; rv:1.8.1.7) Gecko/20070914 Firefox/2.0.0.7
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; de; rv:1.8.1.7) Gecko/20070914 Firefox/2.0.0.7

I find it easier to import a PGP key in Enigmail using copy & paste than saving the file and browsing through the file system to find it, so I’d appreciate if those were displayed in the browser.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to the URL of a PGP key which is served as application/pgp-keys
Actual Results:  
Download prompt appears

Expected Results:  
Display the content

- Maybe "application/pgp-encrypted" and "application/pgp-signature" should also be displayed in the browser
- Many keys are served with the wrong content-type, for example application/octet-stream, but they can be identified by looking for "-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----" at the beginning of the file.

Comment 1

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

This bug was reported using Firefox 3.0 or older, which is no longer supported. The bug has also not been changed in over 500 days and is still in UNCO.
Reporter, please retest this bug in Firefox 3.6.10 or later using a fresh profile, http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/managing+profiles. If you still see this problem, please update the bug. If you no longer see the bug, please set the resolution to RESOLVED, WORKSFORME.

This is a mass search of unconfirmed bugs that have no activity on them, so if you feel a bug was marked in error, just remove the CLOSEME comment in the whiteboard within the next month.

Comment 2

[Martin F.]

Still valid for Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:2.0b8pre) Gecko/20101018 Firefox/4.0b8pre

Comment 3

[Tim (fmdeveloper)]

Martin -> Do you have a sample URL that is served as application/pgp-keys?

Comment 4

[Martin F.]

Attachment: Sample public key file

Comment 5

[Tim (fmdeveloper)]

Marking as an enhancement request. Sounds like something for an extension to do (like it looks like FireGPG might have done when it was maintained)

Comment 6

[Terry R.]

Do current releases change this at all?  Should the bug be closed?