Re: [openpgp] Version 1 image header bits that MUST be 0

[Derek Atkins <[e-mail]>]

Paul,

On Mon, May 29, 2023 9:11 am, Paul Wouters wrote:
> On Mon, 29 May 2023, Andrew Gallagher wrote:
>
>> On 8 May 2023, at 17:05, Daniel Kahn Gillmor <[e-mail]>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> As an alternate approach, i expect it would be more straightforward to
>>> deprecate these bits (and much of this flexibility) entirely.  The root
>>> of the issue is that there is too much unused extensibility here.  A
>>> simplifying approach might be:
>>>
>>> - drop the Image Attribute Version registry
>>>
>>> - drop the Image Attribute Encoding Format registry
>>
>> - drop Image Attribute types
>>
>> - deprecate User Attribute packets
>>
>> I see no concrete use for them other than to bloat keys, frustrate
>> distribution, and abuse keyservers for anonymous file sharing. Anything
>> else can be achieved in a more straightforward manner by signing a
>> document.
>
> This got logged as an unchartered issue at
> https://gitlab.com/openpgp-wg/rfc4880bis/-/issues/167
> so it can be picked up for discussion after the crypto refresh and
> rechartering is done.

I do not have a gitlab account and do not plan to create one just to reply
to Andrew's comment.

I have no problem with fixing the Image type at JPEG.
However, dropping the rest of the attributes I absolutely have an issue
with, and stated in my email from a few minutes ago.

Thanks!

> Thanks!
>
> Paul

-derek

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