set-filename / use-embedded-filename

[David Shaw]

On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 09:57:10PM -0500, Atom Smasher wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Feb 2005, David Shaw wrote:
> 
> > I assume you are talking about --clearsign here.  --sign does include 
> > the embedded file name.  --clearsign has no filename, so that field is 
> > blank.
> ==============
> 
> ok... so if the signature is both clear and attached, i guess there's no 
> need to include the original file name, huh?

It's not meaningful to have a file name there.  The idea behind
keeping the original filename around is so you can reconstruct the
original file to its pre-encryption state.  In the case of
clearsigning, the clearsigned document *is* the document, so there is
nothing to reconstruct.

David