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Re: [openpgp] Revoking Keys: Adding a superceded-by parameter

Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net> Tue, 21 July 2015 23:13 UTC

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Subject: Re: [openpgp] Revoking Keys: Adding a superceded-by parameter
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On Mon 2015-07-20 22:03:04 +0200, Neal H. Walfield wrote:
> At Mon, 20 Jul 2015 17:14:18 +0200, Werner Koch wrote:
>> On Mon, 20 Jul 2015 12:27, neal@walfield.org said:
>> 
>> > I propose that the description field be augmented to include optional
>> > email style headers.  Further, we specify the following header to
>> > specify the new key:
>> >
>> >   Superceded-by: fingerprint
>> 
>> I think it is better to have a signature subpacket or notation data to
>> the same effect.  This has the advantage that it can also be used with a
>> non-revoked key or data signature to declare a plan to supercede a key
>> in the near future.
>
> This is a good point.  Either approach that you propose seems
> reasonable to me.

This is a great idea.  Can you suggest a patch to the 4880bis draft that
Werner started?

      --dkg

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