[db-wg] Updating maintainer objects with filtered auth lines

I just had a very specific experience but this is a general problem.

What I wanted to do was update a maintainer object in the database. No 
problems since I was authorized via a PGP key. The problem was that one of 
the lines looked like:

auth:           MD5-PW # Filtered

And although I have no personal use for the md5 hash I did not want to 
disturb users who might have. I asked the NCC for advice and the answers 
were like "if you have an access account" (yes) you can add a line "auth: 
SSO xxxx at xxxx.xx" (yes). Still not a solution to my problem since adding 
the SSO line would just break the md5 anyway.

The solution this time was that I eventually found a local copy of the 
object with the md5 hash unfiltered.

I know the md5 hashes are a security problem and I do not recommend anyone 
using them but as long as they are there the filtering causes trouble. And 
by the way, we now see a lot of

auth:           SSO # Filtered

What I am looking for is a way to retrieve the whole unfiltered object for 
anyone authorized, or, at least, a possibility to updated the object 
without touching the filtered lines.


Maybe you could send a PGP signed request, not for updating but just for 
viewing the complete object?


Best Regards,

Daniel Stolpe

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