Re: Other -15 comments
Jon Callas <jon@callas.org> Tue, 18 April 2006 19:53 UTC
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From: Jon Callas <jon@callas.org>
Subject: Re: Other -15 comments
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 12:32:42 -0700
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On 5 Dec 2005, at 11:50 AM, David Shaw wrote: > > 5.5.2. Public Key Packet Formats says "Third, there are minor > weaknesses in the MD5 hash algorithm that make developers prefer other > algorithms." Suggest dropping the word "minor". > Done. > ***** > > Section 5.5.2. Public Key Packet Formats says: > > V3 keys are deprecated; an implementation SHOULD NOT generate a V3 > key, but MAY accept it. > > but section 11.1. Key Structures says: > > V3 keys are deprecated. Implementations MUST NOT generate new V3 > keys, but MAY continue to use existing ones. > > These can't both be correct. I lean towards MUST NOT here, > personally. > It says MUST NOT in both places. I did some more tidying in the same place. (There's no point in saying you MUST create a V3 key with RSA, if you MUST NOT create one, for example.) > ***** > > The first two paragraphs in section 6.4. Decoding Radix-64 contradict > each other. The first says that all non-radix-64 characters must be > ignored. The second says that non-radix-64 characters probably > indicate a transmission error, "about which a warning message or even > a message rejection might be appropriate under some circumstances". > > Suggest going with the second. > Done. There's one paragraph now: In Radix-64 data, characters other than those in the table, line breaks, and other white space probably indicate a transmission error, about which a warning message or even a message rejection might be appropriate under some circumstances. Decoding software must ignore all white space. Jon
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