Signature Types

Atom 'Smasher' atom at suspicious.org
Wed May 19 05:50:08 CEST 2004


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On Tue, 18 May 2004, David Shaw wrote:
> On Tue, May 18, 2004 at 06:49:38PM -0400, Atom 'Smasher' wrote:

> > so "PGP" in that sentence refers to PGP (the application), not pgp (the
> > protocol)?
>
> Yes.  It even says so: "PGP program".  In general, 2440 says "OpenPGP"
> when it means the protocol, and "PGP" when it means PGP the
> application.
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i thought so, but i wasn't sure....

next time i'll read through section 1.1 (Terms) before asking _this_type_
of stupid question again ;)


        ...atom

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	 usually not elected - decides whether or not a substance
	 is dangerous and how dangerous that substance is. There's
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