Re: [openpgp] How to re-launch the OpenPGP WG

Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@MIT.EDU> Thu, 19 March 2015 18:00 UTC

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From: Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@MIT.EDU>
To: Christoph Anton Mitterer <calestyo@scientia.net>
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Subject: Re: [openpgp] How to re-launch the OpenPGP WG
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On Wed, 18 Mar 2015, Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote:

>
> > The information is still useful as
> > metadata when performing manual analysis of a certification network
> > and depends on a published certification policy by the issuer.
> I disagree, if a user wants to tell under which circumstances he
> certified another user/key, hey can do so via the policy URL and in fact
> this is the only way for analysis to find out what the certification
> means to the certifier.

What happens when the policy listed at the policy URL changes?  It seems
that a local resource would be needed.

-Ben Kaduk