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Re: [dane] I-D Action: draft-ietf-dane-openpgpkey-01.txt: keyring format definition

Petr Spacek <pspacek@redhat.com> Mon, 12 January 2015 13:52 UTC

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Subject: Re: [dane] I-D Action: draft-ietf-dane-openpgpkey-01.txt: keyring format definition
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On 28.10.2014 00:36, internet-drafts@ietf.org wrote:
>         Title           : Using DANE to Associate OpenPGP public keys with email addresses
>         Author          : Paul Wouters
> 	Filename        : draft-ietf-dane-openpgpkey-01.txt

I would like to see a clarification for section:

http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-dane-openpgpkey-01#section-2.1
2.1. The OPENPGPKEY RDATA component
   The RDATA (or RHS) of an OPENPGPKEY Resource Record contains a single
   value consisting of a [RFC4880] formatted OpenPGP public keyring.


I'm struggling with definition of "formatted OpenPGP public keyring". After a
quick glance I have found only this:

http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4880#section-3.6
3.6. Keyrings
   A keyring is a collection of one or more keys in a file or database.
   Traditionally, a keyring is simply a sequential list of keys, but may
   be any suitable database.  It is beyond the scope of this standard to
   discuss the details of keyrings or other databases.

I did not read whole RFC 4880 so it is possible that I have missed some
related definitions but IMHO this reference deserves clarification.

Where is the actual keyring format defined?

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Petr Spacek  @  Red Hat

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