Re: Proposal for new Attribute packet

[lutz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Lutz Donnerhacke)]

* Hal Finney wrote:
>This is a proposal for a new packet type, the "attribute packet,"
>which is a generalization of the userid packet.  Attribute packets can
>appear in a PGP key structure anywhere a userid packet could appear.

I'm very unhappy with it. It seems to make no sense at all. Imagine a JPEG
of the owner of a key. Where should it inserted in the database? IMHO it's
related to the UserID. So simply use the URL subpacket of the signature page
or define an new one. But *do* *not* bind it to the key!