Re: New and wonderful algorithms

[lutz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Lutz Donnerhacke)]

* Werner Koch wrote:
>Lutz Donnerhacke <lutz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> May be in OpenPGPv2 the current approach has one octet for all algorithms.
>
>  The scheme used by ssh v2 is extensible and does not need centralized
>algorithm number assignement (plain text stings).  What about using
>0xff, "my-own-algorithm@xxxxxxxxxxxx" instead of 0x??.  Or if you care
>about space, add a new packet type to map those algorithm identifiers
>to some numbers from the private/experimental number space. 

We have a very limited schedule. Thnx to the editors (including mine) the ML
was not involved as expected. Such a major change would cause a lot of
trouble. Solving this would require about two month. We do not have this time.