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Recommended 5.3 wording change

2000-07-20 21:31:29
To all,

The paragraph in section 5.3 (the one following the definition of the packet body) reads as follows:

"The data being signed is hashed, and then the signature data from the version number through the hashed sub-packet data (inclusive) is hashed. The..."

From my previous e-mails regarding signatures, it seems it should read something like:

"To produce a signature, the data to be signed has the signature data from the version number through to the hashed sub-packet data (inclusive) appended to it. This data is then hashed and the resulting hash value is signed. The..."

Is that right?



Regards


Erron Criddle
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