Re: literal data packet tags


At 11:15 AM +0200 4/17/02, Thomas Roessler wrote:

      Earlier implementations also used a vlaue of 'l' as a
      'local' mode for machine-local conversions.  In RFC 1991,
      this value is (wrongly) given as 'ASCII 1'.  The use of
      either of these literal data packet types is now deprecated.


Thanks. Here is what I put into bis-05:

Early versions of PGP also defined a value of 'l' as a 'local' mode for
machine-local conversions. RFC 1991 incorrectly stated this local mode flag
as '1' (ASCII numeral one). Both of these local modes are deprecated.

        Jon

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