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Re: [openpgp] User ID Packet: expand recommendation to include hostname

"Neal H. Walfield" <neal@walfield.org> Sat, 25 July 2015 15:48 UTC

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Subject: Re: [openpgp] User ID Packet: expand recommendation to include hostname
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At Thu, 23 Jul 2015 20:15:39 -0400,
Derek Atkins wrote:
> In my deployment of PGP signatures we're using only FQDNs in the UserID
> field in many cases (because they keys are tied to an entity and not a
> person).  I'll note that RFC4880 does not specify the contents of the
> UserID field, only saying that by convention it's an email address but
> not actually REQUIRING it.  I would oppose text that requires an email
> address in the ID field.

I agree with you and I don't think anyone proposed changing this
recommendation.

:) Neal

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