At 11:09 AM +0100 3/30/00, Ian Bell wrote:
2. PGP data formats
PGP can generate either ASCII armor (described in [3]) or 8-bit
binary output when encrypting data, generating a digital signature,
or extracting public key data. The ASCII armor output is the
REQUIRED method for data transfer.
So binary-mode signatures are forbidden, and remain so in the new draft.
I don't think so.
There are two issues here -- the "mode" of the signature and the format of
the output.
The mode of the signature takes into account whitespace and line-end issues.
The format of the output is whether the OpenPGP packets are put in raw
binary, or are ASCII armored.
What this is saying is that you have to use ASCII armor in OpenPGP/MIME.
It's not saying that you can't have a binary mode signature. If you are
using OpenPGP/MIME to sign a zip file (for example), you do it in binary
mode, but you armor the output.
Clear as mud?
Jon