Re: What this WG is doing

[lutz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Lutz Donnerhacke)]

* Lindsay Mathieson wrote:
>As far as I understand it, it is impossible to guarantee a unique Key ID &
>fingerprint, as they are hash's of the key material, which implies the
>possibility of a hash collision, highly unlikely maybe, but still possible.

Right.

>I would have thought the only way to guarantee key uniqueness was to have a
>global issuing authority - something I'm not keen on.

That's why my proposal causing this controversy was/is to define it not unique.