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Re: PGP CAKware & IETF controlled Open-PGP standard

1997-10-11 07:36:45
PGP now offers an extensible signature format.  This allows key
signatures, both self-signatures by a key on itself, and ordinary key
signatures by keys on other keys, to do more than before.  The extensions
are in the form of subpackets within the signature packet.  Various
subpackets have been defined, and Open-PGP would be an excellent forum
to propose and design new subpacket types and corresponding data formats...

Other subpacket types are intended to be used with self-signatures,
allowing a key to make assertions about itself.

OK, just re-spotted this in Hal's post. This is obviously the place for
a key to assert that it is to be used for transient message encryption,
signing or (recovery-enabled) storage - or other purposes, as Adam's
message about Norwegian standards suggested. Can we discuss and design
such a sub-packet now?

Ian.