OpenPGP headers

[Atom 'Smasher']

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On Wed, 11 Aug 2004, Simon Josefsson wrote:
> Atom 'Smasher' <atom at suspicious.org> writes:

> should be allowed?  Thus removing the need for OpenPGP-URL.  Hm.  Then
> the header could be called simply 'OpenPGP' which is neat.  E.g.:
>
> OpenPGP: id=B565716F; url=http://josefsson.org/key.txt; algo=1 (RSA); size=1280
>
> Where all of the following would be equally valid:
>
> OpenPGP: id=B565716F
> OpenPGP: url=http://josefsson.org/key.txt
> OpenPGP: id=B565716F; algo=1 (RSA); size=1280
> OpenPGP: url=http://josefsson.org/key.txt; algo=1 (RSA); size=1280
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i really like this...!

one header with 4 fields, each field is optional and MAY include human 
readable comments... so even this would be valid:
 	OpenPGP: id=0x12345678 (DSA/1024)
even though the algo and size cannot be parsed.

or this example:
 	OpenPGP: id=0x12345678 (This key is only used to
 		sign things when i'm at the office)

if someone feels inclined to identify their key using a short id, long id, 
or fingerprint, all are valid.

it may produce a header that isn't the most aesthetically pleasing, but it 
would be a single header that it both human and machine readable.... this 
is moving towards elegance!

i'll be re-reading rfc 2822, and then rewrite my draft accordingly...


> Btw, does 2440 specify an unambiguous value for 'size' for DSA,
> ElGamal, etc?
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not that i've found  :(


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