Re: [openpgp] Put Signature in an Email's Header
Kai Engert <kaie@kuix.de> Fri, 11 December 2020 10:22 UTC
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Subject: Re: [openpgp] Put Signature in an Email's Header
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On 11.12.20 11:14, Neal H. Walfield wrote: > On Fri, 11 Dec 2020 10:03:44 +0100, > Wiktor Kwapisiewicz wrote: >> On 11.12.2020 09:58, Hanno Böck wrote: >>> FWIW I have heard lots of complains about the signature attachment, >>> which is why I stopped sending signed emails by default a long time ago. >> >> Too bad signatures cannot be put into headers (just like DKIM >> signatures). That would not confuse people (because they generally >> don't inspect headers) while providing necessary info for clients that >> understand them. > > When you say cannot, I think you mean there is no standard to so. > Technically, I think, it is possible, and it is a neat idea. It's a nice idea, but it's also new, so it's not practical as the single mechanism to use in the immediate future. Preserving compatiblity with a majority of existing implementations is a high priority for me, and using the gpg-keys attachment mechanism seems best to achieve that. Kai
- [openpgp] Combining signature with signer's publi… Kai Engert
- Re: [openpgp] Combining signature with signer's p… vedaal
- Re: [openpgp] Combining signature with signer's p… brian m. carlson
- Re: [openpgp] Combining signature with signer's p… Wiktor Kwapisiewicz
- Re: [openpgp] Combining signature with signer's p… Werner Koch
- Re: [openpgp] Combining signature with signer's p… holger krekel
- Re: [openpgp] Combining signature with signer's p… Neal H. Walfield
- Re: [openpgp] Combining signature with signer's p… Neal H. Walfield
- Re: [openpgp] Combining signature with signer's p… Hanno Böck
- Re: [openpgp] Combining signature with signer's p… Wiktor Kwapisiewicz
- Re: [openpgp] Combining signature with signer's p… Kai Engert
- Re: [openpgp] Combining signature with signer's p… Wiktor Kwapisiewicz
- Re: [openpgp] Combining signature with signer's p… Neal H. Walfield
- Re: [openpgp] Combining signature with signer's p… Kai Engert
- Re: [openpgp] Combining signature with signer's p… Neal H. Walfield
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