Re: [openpgp] [RFC4880bis PATCH] Drop "Compatibility Profiles" section.

Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net> Thu, 25 March 2021 19:27 UTC

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From: Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net>
To: Ángel <angel@16bits.net>, openpgp@ietf.org
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Subject: Re: [openpgp] [RFC4880bis PATCH] Drop "Compatibility Profiles" section.
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On Thu 2021-03-25 02:20:16 +0100, Ángel wrote:
> This issue also affected the security considerations section. I made a
> follow-up at https://gitlab.com/dkg/rfc4880bis/-/merge_requests/1

Looks like you've done a merge request against my personal repo, rather
than putting it in the openpgp-wg repo where everyone else will be able
to see it -- i recommend making this MR against
https://gitlab.com/openpgp-wg/rfc4880bis instead so that it gets public
visibility, and the merge requests aren't scattered.  I'm attaching the
proposed patch below so that people following the list can see it.

> I tried to keep what was salvable but ended up leaving just three lines
> from rfc6637.

I'm not convinced that these specific security considerations are
invalid given that the compatibility profiles section is gone.  For
example, do we believe it to be untrue that:

    Compliant applications SHOULD implement, advertise through key
    preferences, and use the strongest algorithms specified in this
    document.

I think that looks correct, and I see no reason to cut it just because
we've dropped the Compatibility Profiles section.

So, (with no hats on) i'm not personally convinced of this change.  What
do other folks in the WG think?

If there are specific points in the Security Considerations section that
you (or anyone else) think should be dropped, or if anyone wants to
propose clarifications or improvements to these sections, I'd be happy
to reconsider a narrower edit too.

              --dkg