Please review the following proposed charter, reply "YES" if you agree or
suggest modifications. thanks, CB
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PROPOSED OPEN-PGP Charter
Description of the Working Group:
The OPEN-PGP Working Group is chartered with defining a standard method to send
and receive encrypted and / or digitally signed data objects that interoperate.
The group will place particular emphasis on strong cryptography based on open
and freely available algorithms. The specification will define the message
formats, certificate structure, required cryptographic algorithms and key
lengths, and other relevant operational concerns.
The OPEN-PGP Specification will have provisions for;
1. interoperability using cryptographic algorithms (asymmetric/symmetric
including key lengths) that are consider strong, open and unencumbered, and
other algorithms MAY be used
2. limited backwards compatibility with the existing pgp message
3. Government and legislative policies from any country SHOULD not impact the
specification
4. certificate structure and underlying trust models, as used in a public key
infrastructure
5. certificate and message format
6. basic time stamping service
7. MIME content types will reference RFC 2015
Goals and Milestones:
October 1997: Submit first internet draft of OPEN-PGP certificate and message
specification
November 1997: Submit first internet draft of OPEN-PGP PKI, Trust Model and
Time Stamping
March 1998: Submit OPEN-PGP certificate and message specification for final call
April 1998: Submit OPEN-PGP PKI, Trust Model, Time Stamping for final call
May 1998: Submit OPEN-PGP certificate and message specification for Proposed
Standard
July 1998: WG last call on both drafts for Proposed Standard, (including RFC
2015)
Chairpersons:
John W. Noerenberg, II <jwn2(_at_)eudora(_dot_)com>
Charles J. Breed <cbreed(_at_)pgp(_dot_)com> co-chair