Re: Suggestion for the signing subkey problem

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

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Hello Ian,

On Sat, 28 Jun 2003 00:30:08 +0100, you wrote:

>
>I am amazed that this thread is still running several weeks after you
>started it, with virtually every response refuting your arguments...
>
And what amazes me, is that you have yet to grasp what we are
talking about!  Please re-read the thread, some issues have
been addressed.  I sincerely hope that you re-read each and
every message in that thread, because, you are taylor made
for the kind of attacks which can be inflicted to your
OpenPGP keys.
>>>One person's eccentricity is another person's operational requirement. 
>
>>>OpenPGP should be flexible enough to accomodate both.
>>>
>>Exactly, it's an operational requirement, therefore, please 
>>by all means exclude such requirements from a standard,
>
>You seem unable to understand the difference between enabling
>functionality through a standard and mandating it. RFC 2440 has allowed
>subkeys for several years now. You need to make the case to remove this
>functionality better than you have done so far.
>
No problems, I mean what can I say???
>> If on the other hand you feel that these operational 
>> requirement are the best thing since sliced bread, than by 
>> all means, spawn another RFC to standardize them.
>
>RFC 2440 was published five years ago. I look forward to your draft
>removing multiple subkey capability from it. 
I am no paper pusher, and do not have the funding or time/ability
to publish RFC's

And no offence,

Best Regards

Imad R. Faiad

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