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Re: [openpgp] [RFC4880bis PATCH] WIP: bind wire format representations to specific pubkey algorithms

Justus Winter <justus@sequoia-pgp.org> Wed, 09 June 2021 06:51 UTC

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Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2021 08:51:24 +0200
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Subject: Re: [openpgp] [RFC4880bis PATCH] WIP: bind wire format representations to specific pubkey algorithms
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Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net> writes:

> On Sat 2021-06-05 20:23:24 +0200, Florian Weimer wrote:
>> I guess every implementor who tries to layer OpenPGP on top of an
>> existing PKCS#1 implementation will eventually learn about this, but I
>> suspect I'm not the only one who was surprised by this.
>
> Good call, Florian.  Can you propose language that would clarify this in
> the current draft as implementation guidance?  seems like we might want
> guidance for both signature generation and verification.
>
> I've opened a request for a new test in the OpenPGP interoperability
> test suite to see whether any of the tested implementations can handle
> this:
>
> https://gitlab.com/sequoia-pgp/openpgp-interoperability-test-suite/-/issues/54

Seems all implementations handle this just fine:

  https://tests.sequoia-pgp.org/#Improbably_short_RSA_signatures

I also tested signatures that are not a multiple of 8 bits, same
picture.

Justus

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