Re: [openpgp] Fingerprints2015-04-15 08:51:13Somebody claiming to be Werner Koch wrote: On Fri, 10 Apr 2015 15:23, phill(_at_)hallambaker(_dot_)com said:There is no need to have an algorithm field, a version field is sufficient because we should only be using one algorithm at a givenRight. However an algorithm field is as good as a version field because they have the same purpose in this context. An algorithm field saves us a mapping to the actual algorithm. Recall that OpenPGP uses an one-octet indentifier and not an OID. And it could save specifying versions somewhere seperately from the algorithm identifiers that already exist.
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