Re: What this WG is doing1997-10-29 07:36:34* Lindsay Mathieson wrote: As far as I understand it, it is impossible to guarantee a unique Key ID & fingerprint, as they are hash's of the key material, which implies the possibility of a hash collision, highly unlikely maybe, but still possible. Right. I would have thought the only way to guarantee key uniqueness was to have a global issuing authority - something I'm not keen on. That's why my proposal causing this controversy was/is to define it not unique.
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