comparison gpg:pgp6.5.1

[Werner Koch]

On Tue, 18 Jan 2000, sen_ml@eccosys.com wrote:

>   it's very nice that gpg can handle this.  it would be even nicer if
> other rfc 2440 implementations handled it as well (it really shouldn't

I guess you mean PGP 6 with the other rfc2440 implementation.
This feature is marked optional and so there is no need for an
implementation to support it.  PGP 6 is not rfc2440 compliant: For
example the do generate v3 sig atures and have invented a new packet
type (Photo ID) which is not defined in OpenPGP nor is it in the range
for private extension. 

> write it if you can use a library for handling rfc 2440, and that is
> not something that is available yet (iirc, i would love to be wrong

Sorr, you are still right.  However I see a demand for such a library.

> considered "cryptographic" software?  it doesn't seem like it should
> be to me.

No and since Friday it seems to be quite easy to get an export
license:  You only have to send the URL to the BXA.


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