Re: [urgent] PGP/MIME IANA considerations: file extensions, Macintosh fi

So what change do you suggest?  

Should I replace the extension in 9.2 by ".sig", or list ".asc" and 
".sig"?  (I also note that PGP 2.6 and PGP 5.0i generate ".asc" for 
ASCII-armored detached signatures on my Linux machine; gnupg 
generates ".sig".)
And what file type and extension am I supposed to put in there for 
ascii-armored public keys? ".asc" and "TEXT"?  ".pkr" and "pgPR"? 
None of these seem to make terribly much sense to me.
Or should I just drop extensions and Mac file types?

PLEASE ADVISE ASAP.  THE FINAL DRAFT MUST BE IN THE I-D REPOSITORIES 
WITHIN LESS THAN 48 HOURS.
--
Thomas Roessler                        http://log.does-not-exist.org/






On 2001-07-17 13:10:23 -0700, Will Price wrote:
> Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 13:10:23 -0700
> From: Will Price <wprice(_at_)cyphers(_dot_)net>
> Reply-To: wprice(_at_)cyphers(_dot_)net
> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 (Macintosh; U; PPC)
> To: Florian Weimer <Florian(_dot_)Weimer(_at_)RUS(_dot_)Uni-Stuttgart(_dot_)DE>
> Cc: "openPGP e-Mail (E-Mail)" <ietf-openpgp(_at_)imc(_dot_)org>
> Subject: Re: [urgent] PGP/MIME IANA considerations: file extensions, Macintosh 
> file type codes.
>
> The "pgDS" file type is a Detached Signature. The correct file extension
> for a detached signature is ".sig". These are ASCII files. They do *not*
> use the ".asc" extension.
>
> The "pgPR" file type is a Public Keyring file. The correct file extension
> for a Public Keyring file is ".pkr". These are always binary files.
>
> ".asc" files sometimes contain keys, and sometimes contain encrypted
> and/or signed data -- always in ASCII format. These files have no special
> Macintosh file type. The file type for these is the standard "TEXT".
>
> The "pgRR" file type is a Secret Keyring file. The correct file extension
> for a Secret Keyring file is ".skr". These are always binary files.
>
> The "pgEF" file type is a PGP encrypted and/or signed file. The correct
> file extension for such a file is ".pgp". These are usually binary files,
> but not always.
>
>
>
> Florian Weimer wrote:
> > Excerpt from the current OpenPGP/MIME draft:
> >
> > | 9.2.  Registration of the application/pgp-signature media type
> >
> > |    Encoding considerations:
> > |
> > |       The content of this media type always consists of 7bit text.
> >
> > |    Additional information:
> > |
> > |       Magic number(s): none
> > |       File extension(s): asc
> > |       Macintosh File Type Code(s): pgDS
> >
> > | 9.3.  Registration of the application/pgp-keys media type
> >
> > |    Encoding considerations:
> > |
> > |       The content of this media type always consists of 7bit text.
> >
> > |    Additional information:
> > |
> > |       Magic number(s): none
> > |       File extension(s): asc
> > |       Macintosh File Type Code(s): pgPR
> >
> > Doesn't Macintosh PGP (and perhaps other programs as well) store
> > binary data in pgDS/pgPR files as well?  That's why I don't think the
> > MIME types and Macintosh file types are equivalent.
>
> --
>
> Will Price, Director of Engineering
> PGP Security, Inc.
> a division of Network Associates, Inc.

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