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Re: V5 key packet format requirements

2006-02-03 06:51:09

On Fri, Feb 03, 2006 at 02:05:34PM +0100, Edwin Woudt wrote:
--On 2-2-2006 17:07 +0100 "Daniel A. Nagy" 
<nagydani(_at_)epointsystem(_dot_)org> 
wrote:

1. Exclude creation date from fingerprint and key ID hash computation (and
maybe from the key packet, too -- it belongs to the self-signature). This
would mean that the key fingerprint and ID depend only on the actual key
(key material + algorithm).

IMHO, things that have nothing to do with the user ID should not be in a 
self-signature, but in a direct key signature (type 0x1F) instead.

That's a self-signature, too (just not a key-uid binding one). But I agree
that signatures on keys are less popular with implementations than they
should be. OTOH, this is not directly related to the key packet format.
 
4. Support for exporting and importing subkeys.

Why is this needed? Isn't this possible already using the current (V4) 
packet formats?

It is possible, but in many different ways. Implementations are generally
not interoperable. This stuff must be standardized, IMHO.

-- 
Daniel