Re: [openpgp] Bug#931238: hot armor: please drop "Version: " header

Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net> Sun, 07 July 2019 20:35 UTC

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From: Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net>
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Subject: Re: [openpgp] Bug#931238: hot armor: please drop "Version: " header
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On Sat 2019-07-06 15:55:06 +0200, Heiko Stamer wrote:
> There are many other indicators of a particular OpenPGP implementation
> (e.g. DKGPG uses four-octet packet lengths). If a somehow uniform
> encoding is desired, then IMO a new section "Privacy Considerations"
> should be added to rfc4880bis.

totally agreed that this should be added, and i encourage you to send
text to the openpgp@ietf.org mailing list.

This should not block the removal of the Version: header from the output
of "hot armor", though.

   --dkg