On Wed, 5 Sep 2001 13:55:02 -0400, Michael Young said:
But this wouldn't be an OpenPGP format. The OpenPGP secret key packet
Right. It is an implementation detail which would help to avoid
unprotecting and re-protecting when transferring keys.
Personally, I find it unlikely that an implementation would cut off
the public key parameters at all. It would have to do so very
I know devices which do not have enough storage capacity for all
parameters.
public parts. Lastly, it seems wise to perform consistency checks
between the public/private parts even in the presence of an MDC.
I don't see a reason for this, if the MDC would not provide a sound
consistency check, what else would do?
Werner
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