Re: Recommended 5.3 wording change

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From: Erron Criddle <ejc@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Recommended 5.3 wording change
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 12:23:13 +0800
Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.0.20000721121106.00ae5330@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> The paragraph in section 5.3 (the one following the definition of the 
> packet body) reads as follows:
> 
> "The data being signed is hashed, and then the signature data from the 
> version number through the hashed sub-packet data (inclusive) is hashed. 
> The..."
> 
>  From my previous e-mails regarding signatures, it seems it should read 
> something like:
> 
> "To produce a signature, the data to be signed has the signature data from 
> the version number through to the hashed sub-packet data (inclusive) 
> appended to it. This data is then hashed and the resulting hash value is 
> signed. The..."

i think this phrasing is easier to understand.  [ the original
phrasing sounds to me like describing a particular implementation. ]

> Is that right?

it agrees w/ my understanding.