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Re: Key IDs

1998-04-01 21:39:49
On Wed, 1 Apr 1998, Jim Gillogly wrote:

Jon announced at IETF that he's about ready to go to a penultimate
call on op-fmts.txt, so I'd better get a few suggestions into the
hopper.

Here's a cluster of Key ID comments and questions.

- v3 Key ID and Fingerprint are handled in 5.5.2
  v4 Key ID and Fingerprint are handled in 11.2
  I suggest they ought to be discussed in the same place, or that
  the v3 and v4 discussions be more parallel.  I understand that the
  current structure is the result of handling it from a historical
  or archaeological viewpoint, but I think a functional breakdown
  makes more sense.

At least a pointer in 5.5.2 to 11.2.

Also some note that V4 RSA key ids are valid and different from V3.
i.e. Same Key, different ID.

Right now, I have RSA as V3, and DH/DSS as V4.  It is one of the remaining
things I should do is add RSA to V4 and relegate the V3 to my pgp 2.6.2
subset.

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