Reading new key packages (Re: Coexistence with OpenPGP/IETF)
Werner Koch
wk at gnupg.org
Tue Jan 2 15:22:07 CET 2024
On Tue, 2 Jan 2024 13:31, Andrew Gallagher said:
> Hi, Werner. Would allowing type 40 subpackets in v6 sigs as well as v4
> address this concern?
The Literal Data Meta Hash is specified as
This subpacket MAY be used to protect the meta data from the Literal
Data Packet with V4 signatures. [...]
and as such a band-aid for a long standing problem. Sure, you may use it
for v6 signatures. But after all why should you do it, given that it
was removed from crypto-refresh for some incomprehensible reason.
Shalom-Salam,
Werner
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