Re: [openpgp] Non-SHA-1 fingerprints in signatures [was: Proposal for a separable ring signature scheme...]

Vincent Yu <v@v-yu.com> Fri, 14 March 2014 14:36 UTC

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Subject: Re: [openpgp] Non-SHA-1 fingerprints in signatures [was: Proposal for a separable ring signature scheme...]
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On 03/14/2014 10:24 AM, Peter Pentchev wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 10:39:31PM -0400, Vincent Yu wrote:
>> Thanks for the info. I will likely follow your suggestion and modify
>> my proposal to use V4 fingerprints rather than key IDs.
>
> Hm, how exactly would this deal with the existence of multiple signing
> subkeys, all associated with the same master public key?  Your current
> proposal explicitly allows for that, using the key IDs; I guess there
> might be a need to include *both* the fingerprint of the master key
> *and* some kind of identification of the subkey actually used for
> signing.

Isn't there a V4 fingerprint defined for every key, including for each 
subkey? I think it would be okay just to include the fingerprints of all 
possible signing keys, regardless of whether they are primary keys or 
subkeys.

If I've misunderstood something, please let me know.

Thanks,
Vincent