Brian G. Peterson wrote:
I would modify Werner's proposed text like so, for grammatical clarity:
When calculating a cleartext signature, trailing whitespace
(defined as the characters <SPACE> (0x20), <TAB> (0x09),
<CR> (0x0D) and <LF> (0x0A)) at the end of any line shall be
removed and replaced by the sequence <CR><LF> for the purpose
of calculating the cleartext signature. This protects against
a failure of a valid signature due to many conversions that may
occur in text editing tools or in transport.
( See comments to Werner - it's not so easy to
combine the "line ending" processing with the
"whitespace" processing. )
I think it is important to clarify both the definition and a little of the
reasoning behind this for readers and implementers of the RFC.
I agree; this is one area where a little more
commentary can help solve a lot of little
annoying compatibility issues.
iang