[db-wg] numbered work item suggestion: support PGP authentication with whois-api

>Currently the API doesn't support this, so you have to use the REST
>interface to download objects and the MAIL interface to modify them if
>you don't want to use password authentication.

You can use PGP authentication via the syncupdate interface (via HTTPS) rather than having to revert to MAIL.

I do support the concept of improved authentication of some flavour for REST though.

Ian

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