From: David Shaw <dshaw@jabberwocky.com>
To: IETF OpenPGP Working Group <ietf-openpgp@imc.org>
Cc: notmuch <notmuch@notmuchmail.org>
Subject: Re: including the entire fingerprint of the issuer in an OpenPGP certification
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 22:22:57 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2885367E-D215-4BE7-983D-C82C55C64B0F@jabberwocky.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4D34F133.3000807@fifthhorseman.net>
On Jan 17, 2011, at 8:47 PM, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote:
> Would there be any objection to a new subpacket type for OpenPGPv4 that
> would include the remaining 96 bits of the issuer's fingerprint? (the
> "high 96" proposal)
>
> Alternately, what about a new subpacket type that simply includes the
> entire 160 bits of the issuer's fingerprint? (the "full fingerprint"
> proposal)
I like this idea. I would do it as "full fingerprint" myself. The difference in storage between 160 bits and 96 bits is all of 8 bytes. I think the simplicity of being able to say the whole fingerprint is in there is worth a measly 8 bytes.
Do we necessarily need a new subpacket type for this? It could pretty easily be a notation.
David
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-01-18 3:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-01-18 1:47 including the entire fingerprint of the issuer in an OpenPGP certification Daniel Kahn Gillmor
2011-01-18 2:14 ` Jon Callas
2011-01-18 2:42 ` Peter Gutmann
2011-01-18 3:22 ` David Shaw [this message]
2011-01-18 10:01 ` Daniel A. Nagy
2011-01-19 0:11 ` Peter Gutmann
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