keys require a user-id

Johan Wevers johanw at vulcan.xs4all.nl
Sat May 16 20:47:56 CEST 2020


On 16-05-2020 15:57, Peter Pentchev wrote:

> But it is
> also fine for other people to say "okay, sure, you have your
> experimental features, but I'll wait until they're standardized until
> I do the work on implementing them myself; also, let's discuss whether
> they are even needed."

Have the bureaucrats who define standards have finally fixed the DOS
issues about keys spammed with signatures or is it still being
"discussed whether they are even needed."?

This strictly following standards removes all flexibility from
implementations. I am beginning to understand Moxie Marlinspike's ideas
about all these committees holding back progress better and better.

-- 
ir. J.C.A. Wevers
PGP/GPG public keys at http://www.xs4all.nl/~johanw/pgpkeys.html

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