gpg: can't put a policy URL into v3 (PGP 2.x style) signature

Atom 'Smasher' atom-gpg at suspicious.org
Fri Apr 9 20:35:40 CEST 2004


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> > > It's not a question of prohibition.  It's a question of
> > > impossibility.  V3 signatures have no subpackets - there is no place
> > > to put the policy URL.
> > ===============================
> >
> > i guess i never realized that clearsigning was a v3-only animal. is that
> > something that might warrant an update in a pending draft rfc?
>
> Huh?  Clearsigning is not a v3 only thing.
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is there a v4 definition of clearsigning that allows subpackets?


	...atom

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