notation data & policy URL

Atom 'Smasher' atom-gpg at suspicious.org
Fri Apr 9 07:23:41 CEST 2004


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notation data (5.2.3.15) and policy URL (5.2.3.19) seem to be the place
for human readable notes that don't fit neatly anywhere else....

is there anything wrong with using the policy URL for non-URL text?

example: i sign my brothers key while meeting for lunch... i could ~just~
sign the key and leave it at that, or... i could specify the conditions of
the signature:
	This is my brother. I've known him since 1976 and verified his key
	in person.

is there a recommended way to include that information directly in my
signature on his key?

obviously, i could put that information on a web page, and use a policy
URL to direct people to that page (that page should be clearsigned txt?).
would it be a bad idea to just include that text in the policy URL space?

is there a good way to use the notation data for that type of information?


 	...atom

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