Re: [openpgp] How to re-launch the OpenPGP WG

["Derek Atkins" <[e-mail]>]

Hi,

On Thu, March 12, 2015 8:31 am, Werner Koch wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Since some time the OpenPGP protocol is again en vogue and the tendency
> to prefer S/MIME over OpenPGP is not as strong as it seems to have been
> once.  Case in point, the DANE WG has a last call for an OpenPGP DNS
> record type.  This is obviously related to OpenPGP and should have been
> discussed here as well (actually we did briefly in Summer 2013).
>
> There are several tasks the WG should do:
>
>  - New signature subpackets.  For example one to specify a fingerprint
>    and not just the keyid.
>
>  - Take care of individual I-Ds.
>
>  - The use of SHA-1 needs to be replaced.
>
>  - A v5 key format.  Prepare for forthcoming public key algorithms.
>
>  - A new encryption mode to replace our aging CFB+SHA1 method with a
>    fast and standard mode.
>
>  - Maybe extend it to key distribution.
>
> Is there any interest in this?

There certainly seems to be.

> How can we get the WG out of the concluded state?

We would need to effectively create a new WG.

> Would the Dallas meeting be a starting point for this?

We couldn't necessarily charter it in Dallas, but we could certainly have
a bar bof in Dallas to work out a charter.  We would need to talk to the
SecADs about chartering the group.

> Who would volunteer as Chair?

The Chair(s) is(are) appointed by the ADs. Volunteers are good, but not
necessarily used.  ;)

>
> Salam-Shalom,
>
>    Werner

-derek, former chair :)

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