At 10:21 AM 11/14/97 -0800, Bill Stewart wrote:
Understanding armour _isn't_ very hard; I'd prefer MUST,
especially since it's needed for backward compatibility with PGP 5.0
(in particular, the Encrypt Clipboard doesn't do MIME.)
Generating it is a matter of taste - will PGP 5.0 always accept MIME?
Even in applications like Decrypt/Verify Clipboard?
Thanks Bill. I agree completely. From PRZ's first documents, he labeled
armoring as an integral piece of PGP. It's too useful as a generalized
mechanism for holding an object (data, keys, etc.) without having to worry
about what odd thing something will do to your binary.
Jon
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