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Re: [openpgp] incomplete/confusing guidance around "Hash" Armor header for cleartext signing framework

Werner Koch <wk@gnupg.org> Thu, 18 March 2021 08:50 UTC

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Subject: Re: [openpgp] incomplete/confusing guidance around "Hash" Armor header for cleartext signing framework
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On Thu, 18 Mar 2021 02:20, Ángel said:

> I think the phrase
>>      - One or more "Hash" Armor Headers,
> should have been
>>      - One or more Armor Headers,

Nope becuase ...

> Then it covers other armor headers that may be present, such as
> "Charset:", and then it suddenly makes sense the following discussion

There should be only one Charset header.

ctuallay I would like to drop Charset because it is useless becauuse we
can also interpret that the Charset must be UTF-8.  In any case, MIME is
a way better method to define such properties.  Better have that only at
one place to avoid conflicts - and the armor header are not protected
which has led to questions in the past.


Shalom-Salam,

   Werner

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