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Re: Back-signatures proposal

2003-10-29 14:26:46

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David Shaw wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 10:47:55PM -0500, Michael Young wrote:
>>I'd like to see
>>recommendations for each flavor of signature that reflect
>>real needs.
>
> I think that is straying into overkill.  If there is no security or
> protocol correctness issue at hand, just say nothing.
>
> Let's credit implementors with some ability to know which
> subpackets

I apologize.  Earlier drafts specified that creation time and
issuer were mandatory subpackets.  The current draft no longer
carries that language (and is better for it).


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