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Re: New packets in PGP 6.0

1998-09-09 09:57:48
"Werner" == Werner Koch <wk(_at_)isil(_dot_)d(_dot_)shuttle(_dot_)de> 
writes:

 Werner> "William H. Geiger III" <whgiii(_at_)invweb(_dot_)net> writes:
So lets say we have packet type 20 -- Generic ID. Then in the type
field:

10 -- PhotoID 15 -- Fingerprint 30 -- Retinal Scan

 Werner> Please do not continue with numeric ids; use strings (like
 Werner> ssh v2) to avoid all these number assignment problems.
 Werner> Numbers can still be assigned but a registration should not
 Werner> be required.  Compared to a size of Photo, the additionl
 Werner> bytes of a string don't count.

No, but strings don't eliminate the registration problem, because you
still need a way to ensure they are unique.  It's just that the code
space is larger which simplifies that task.

        paul

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