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Re: [openpgp] Fingerprints

Christoph Anton Mitterer <calestyo@scientia.net> Mon, 20 April 2015 15:25 UTC

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On Mon, 2015-04-20 at 11:17 -0400, Derek Atkins wrote: 
> >  * what material gets digested; at a minmum, this is:
> >     - the algorithm for the key (incl. any parameters)
> >     - public key values (mpi's, bitstrings)
> >       it's not clear to me that there is any advantage to adding
> >       anything else here.
> 
> I still believe that the creation time (and key expiration time, if it
> exists) should be included.
I think the same accounts for the key usage flags. Or actually, we
should perhaps make primary keys to be generally certifying-only keys.

And specifying a expiration time (even if it's 0) should be mandatory.

Cheers.

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