Re: UserID/Auth Field in Open-PGP certs

Charles Breed <cbreed(_at_)pgp(_dot_)com> writes:
> The UserID field (currently a 255 charater octet string) 
> could handle other types, such as...
>
> OpenPGPGenericName ::= CHOICE {
>       otherName                       [0]     INSTANCE OF OTHER-NAME,
>       rfc822Name                      [1]     255 Octet String,
>       dNSName                [2]      IA5String,
>       x400Address                    [3]      ORAddress,
>       directoryName                  [4]      Name,
>       ediPartyName                   [5]      EDIPartyName,
>       uniformResourceIdentifier       [6]     IA5String,
>       iPAddress                       [7]     OCTET STRING,
>       registeredID                    [8]     OBJECT IDENTIFIER }
Do you actually propose using an ASN.1-related format or did you just
happen to write it in this format?

/assar