Re: Mandatory Algorithm Changes?

Werner Koch <wk@gnupg.org> Mon, 21 February 2005 11:33 UTC

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To: Ben Laurie <ben@algroup.co.uk>
Cc: Jon Callas <jon@callas.org>, OpenPGP <ietf-openpgp@imc.org>
Subject: Re: Mandatory Algorithm Changes?
References: <20050208194442.F2C6A57E2A@finney.org> <42092EC2.9040501@systemics.com> <87zmyeyyg9.fsf@wheatstone.g10code.de> <420A012A.5020204@systemics.com> <39c100e92dbc54b9fcb678d904676384@callas.org> <4219A890.3000603@algroup.co.uk>
From: Werner Koch <wk@gnupg.org>
Organisation: g10 Code GmbH
OpenPGP: id=5B0358A2; url=finger:wk@g10code.com
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 12:03:44 +0100
In-Reply-To: <4219A890.3000603@algroup.co.uk> (Ben Laurie's message of "Mon, 21 Feb 2005 09:23:28 +0000")
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On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 09:23:28 +0000, Ben Laurie said:

> Oops. What I said was that this seems like a candidate for having
> flags in the PGP certificates that say what is supported by the
> receiving application(s).

Sorry, I don't understand this.  We do have these preferences since
the very beginning.


Salam-Shalom,

   Werner