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

["Daniel A. Nagy" <[e-mail]>]

Hi,

I'd be very much interested. I even have some ideas/suggestions that I
am going to write to the list, if there is some interest.

Cheers,

Daniel

On 03/12/2015 01:31 PM, 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?
> How can we get the WG out of the concluded state? 
> Would the Dallas meeting be a starting point for this?
> Who would volunteer as Chair?
> 
> 
> Salam-Shalom,
> 
>    Werner
>