my first steps with GnuPG...

[FALISSARD Thierry]

Has this draft for next version of OpenPGP been published ?
Or is there a way to have packets stricly conform to the existing
version of the RFC ? I am not sure this can be done with
the option "--openpgp"...


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> De : 	Werner Koch[SMTP:wk@gnupg.org]
> Date=A0:	jeudi 26 avril 2001 00:09
> A :	gnupg-users@gnupg.org
> Objet :	Re: my first steps with GnuPG...
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> On Wed, 25 Apr 2001, Falissard wrote:
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> > I cannot understand it ! I was so sure GnuPG
> > was 100% compliant with RFC2440 !
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> Well, I believe it is.  However most protocols are moving targets
> and the MDC packet is something which is in the draft for the next
> version of OpenPGP (same for Twofish and a lot of other things).
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> We try to make sure that nothing gets broken but sometimes it just
> happens and old GnuPG versions might not be able to cope with a
> newer format.  I think upgrading is the easiest way to handle this
> and it fixes some quite serious security problems.
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>  Werner
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