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On Fri, 22 Aug 1997, A. Padgett Peterson P.E. Information Security wrote:
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
This is not very good English - the word "may" removes any meaning/force.
I read the MAY as a RFC style requirement. And as such has a (slightly)
diffrent meaning to the english one.
3. Government and legislative policies from any country SHOULD not impact
the specification
Word "SHOULD" makes it a null statement - has same effect as "MAY"
No the meaning is diffrencent. The SHOULD suggests that it is possable
but only after we have thought about all the concequencers of this action.
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