Re: What this WG is doing

* 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.