Re: [openpgp] Put Signature in an Email's Header

Kai Engert <kaie@kuix.de> Fri, 11 December 2020 10:22 UTC

To: "Neal H. Walfield" <neal@walfield.org>, Wiktor Kwapisiewicz <wiktor=40metacode.biz@dmarc.ietf.org>
Cc: openpgp@ietf.org
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From: Kai Engert <kaie@kuix.de>
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Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2020 11:22:06 +0100
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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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