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Re: Closing the openpgp working group

2008-03-10 10:39:42

On 3/10/08, Ian G <iang(_at_)systemics(_dot_)com> wrote:

 Sam Hartman wrote:
 >
 > Hi, folks.  Back in January Derek started a thread on a new charter.
 > That never really came to any conclusion.  I had given Derek a
 > deadline to produce a charter that is well past.  So, I'm going to
 > close the openpgp working group.
 >
 > If people ever do get a concrete proposal together, please don't
 > hesitate to contact the security ADs at the time this happens and
 > propose a new working group.


 If this has indeed happened, I guess the next step is
 creating enough momentum for V5 key structure.

 How much enthusiasm is there for this?  Enough to generate
 some consensus?  Is there a business case for a redesign?

"doesn't use SHA1" sounds like a good V5 business case....


 How much are groups going to invest into OpenPGP in the
 future, and how much would they save if a redesign cleaned
 things up?

 If the answer is in the positive, I'd suggest putting in
 place a wiki somewhere.  We need some way of working on the
 various parts in parallel.

 iang