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Re: [openpgp] Combining signature with signer's public key

2020-12-11 03:03:12
On 10.12.20 22:53, vedaal(_at_)nym(_dot_)hush(_dot_)com wrote:
On 12/10/2020 at 4:38 PM, "Kai Engert" <kaie(_at_)kuix(_dot_)de> wrote:
    Possible, but slightly tedious:

    [1] Export the public key as an asc file
    [2] Add a line after the last line, saying that the key as well as
    whatever is to be signed in the message is now being signed by the
    signer's key (list name and long fingerprint
    [3] Armor sign the entire thing  (asc key file and extra line)
    [4] Send the Armored signed message as the attachment instead of the
    signature

Thanks for your suggestion.

This approach probably doesn't work for us. I should have clarified that it's about PGP/MIME. I guess receiving agents aren't prepared to receive a signed message in the place where they expect a signature. Also, IIUC, the signature calculation would have to be different, it would have to feed both the primary message and the secondary message (with the key) into the signature calculation. It seems this won't be comaptible with existing clients.

Thanks
Kai

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