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Re: [openpgp] A way to securely define cleartext signature charset

Jon Callas <joncallas@icloud.com> Sat, 15 September 2018 06:50 UTC

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From: Jon Callas <joncallas@icloud.com>
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Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2018 23:50:02 -0700
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Subject: Re: [openpgp] A way to securely define cleartext signature charset
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> On Sep 11, 2018, at 3:50 AM, Vincent Breitmoser <look@my.amazin.horse> wrote:
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> Cleartext signatures are typically short. Is there a reason for even showing the
> text before the signature is verified and the charset known?

Yes. Cleartext signatures exist so that someone with no PGP can read the message. Remember — DOS and BBSes. When you’re planning a meeting, you don’t want to isolate the people who don’t have enough space on their floppy disk for PGP *and* the BBS software.

	Jon

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