Re: Notary signatures

[David Shaw <dshaw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 10:31:00PM -0700, Jon Callas wrote:
> 
> I like the idea of a notary signature that only signs a signature packet.
> This would mean your signer doesn't even need to see the document that's
> being notarized, which has a certain panache to it.
> 
> How about if I do this:
> 
> * Write up a description of a notary signature.
> 
> * Change the "revocation target" subpacket to be a "signature target"
> subpacket so it can work double duty
> 
> How's that sound?

Excellent.  That would work quite well for me.

David

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