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Re: "Yes, I can handle PGP/MIME"

2004-04-21 19:31:57

On Mon, 19 Apr 2004, Jon Callas wrote:


I'm considering this to be so controversial that there is no consensus
for it, and what bits of consensus there are lean away from it.

My reading of the thread is that there is consensus that overloading the
preferred key server packet is the incorrect way to denote PGP/MIME
capabilities.

There also appears to be consensus that we do need some way of indicating
PGP/MIME capability.

I advocate the use of the notation data packet for this purpose, but I
would be perfectly happy if David's suggestions were implemented instead,
and a new subpacket created to handle the issue.

Either approach is valid, and I don't think anyone would criticize you for
picking either.

I do think this issue needs to be addressed decisively in the document,
though, and I encourage you to pick one of the two options above.


--Len.


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