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Re: [openpgp] Fingerprints

Stephen Paul Weber <singpolyma@singpolyma.net> Wed, 15 April 2015 13:51 UTC

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From: Stephen Paul Weber <singpolyma@singpolyma.net>
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Subject: Re: [openpgp] Fingerprints
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Somebody claiming to be Werner Koch wrote:
>On Fri, 10 Apr 2015 15:23, phill@hallambaker.com said:
>
>> There is no need to have an algorithm field, a version field is
>> sufficient because we should only be using one algorithm at a given
>
>Right.  However an algorithm field is as good as a version field because
>they have the same purpose in this context.  An algorithm field saves us
>a mapping to the actual algorithm.  Recall that OpenPGP uses an
>one-octet indentifier and not an OID.

And it could save specifying versions somewhere seperately from the 
algorithm identifiers that already exist.

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