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Re: Correction reqd. in 5.2
At 01:51 PM 21/07/2000 +0900, sen_ml@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
hi-
From: Erron Criddle <ejc@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Correction reqd. in 5.2
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 12:02:10 +0800
Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.0.20000721115942.00b16ab0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Another one (trivial but may confuse newcomers):
>
> section 5.2 starts off with:
>
> "A signature packet describes a binding between some public key and
some data."
>
> should read:
>
> "A signature packet describes a binding between a private key and some
data."
isn't the binding really between "the keypair" and "some data"?
I believe that would be a better description. It could read:
"A signature packet describes a binding between a public key pair and some
data."
or thereabouts :)
Regards
Erron Criddle
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