Re: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-openpgp-rfc2440bis-08.txt

["Imad R. Faiad" <matic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Hello Mr. Callas,

And while we are hacking, by hacking, I mean
chopping with an axe.  Let us spruce the
compression algorithms.

The zlib compression algorithm seems to be only
implemented in the GnuPG variants, and
is causing a lot of inter-operability problems.
The compression function is breaking inter
operability, therefore, we ought to state what is a
"MUST" and what isn't, so that the issue may be resolved,
once and for all.  Especially so, when, forgive
my expression, some implementors, default to zilb,
while others seem to be unwilling to implement it.

my 2c,

Best Regards

Imad R. Faiad


On Wed, 04 Jun 2003 07:56:54 -0400, you wrote:

>A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts
>directories. This draft is a work item of the An Open Specification for
>Pretty Good Privacy Working Group of the IETF.  
>
>	Title		: OpenPGP Message Format
>	Author(s)	: J. Callas, L. Donnerhacke, H. Finney, R. Thayer
>	Filename	: draft-ietf-openpgp-rfc2440bis-08.txt
>	Pages		: 71
>	Date		: 2003-6-3
>	
>This document is maintained in order to publish all necessary
>information needed to develop interoperable applications based on
>the OpenPGP format. It is not a step-by-step cookbook for writing an
>application. It describes only the format and methods needed to
>read, check, generate, and write conforming packets crossing any
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>symmetric cryptography to provide security services for electronic
>communications and data storage.  These services include
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>signatures. This document specifies the message formats used in
>OpenPGP.
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