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Re: OpenPGP CFB mode (was Re: Next Steps)

2007-11-06 16:24:55

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Exactly.  That's why I say that *if* we do this, we should do it as
part of V5 keys.  It's not important enough to do on its own.

I should add that I'm not exactly eager to go down the V5 keys path
without a good reason either.  It would be nice to tweak some V4
details (fingerprints being SHA-1), but I don't think those details
are compelling enough to justify a V5 by themselves.


We also had a proposal at one time for a fingerprint that would be of  
the form:

<alg>:<hash>

So all existing fingerprints would be 2:<hash>, and a SHA-256 version  
of same would be 8:<hash>.

I love this idea. The best thing about it is that it would not need  
to change, even after AHS. I think someone ought to write up an ID  
for Algorithm-Agile OpenPGP Key Fingerprints or some other  
appropriate name.

        Jon



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