Re: Algorithms and specifiers

["William H. Geiger III" <whgiii@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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In <199803211926.TAA01924@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, on 03/21/98 
   at 07:26 PM, Adam Back <aba@xxxxxxxxxxxx> said:

>If I understand correctly the algorithm preferences serve two functions
>at the same time:

> 1) the designature capabilities (a statement of what algorithms this
>    client is capable of handling)

> 2) they indicate the key owners preferences amongst of those
>    algorithms his client supports

This may be part of our misunderstanding here:

I do not accept that the algorithm *preferences* should be a complete
listing of all algorithms that the user is capable of using. IMHO it
should just be what the name implies: a list of prefered algorithms,
nothing more.

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