On Mon, 1 Jun 2015 18:32, dkg(_at_)fifthhorseman(_dot_)net said:
I'm not convinced that an updated fingerprint requires a v5 packet
format. Can you explain that?
Without that we will have two fingerprints for the same key. That may
lead to confusion. In the past it was easy to decide what kind of key
you have. A v5 packet format also makes it easier to change the
implicit available preferences (e.g. 3DES) because applications
supporting a v5 would also support the new preferences
OTOH, this introduces backward incompatibility. We need to discuss the
advantages of a v5 format versus the need for a new fingerprint format.
I think the WG should focus on 4880bis to try to get it done cleanly and
promptly. If we do it right, this would indicate functional interest
and an active community. If an update to PGP/MIME is something the
community also ends up working on, we ought to be able to recharter to
My conclusion from the discussion at the OpenPGP summit was that there
is a need to add something to PGP/MIME. For example to split a long
message so that a (mobile) device does not need to download the entire
message for a summary view. But well, that would affect S/MIME as well
so might be better taken up by the MAIL WG (in case that WG exists).
Shalom-Salam,
Werner
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