Re: Loops (RE: CPIM changes)

Dave Crocker <[email protected]> Sat, 16 Nov 2002 12:04:36 -0800
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.impp
Organization TribalWise
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Derek,


Saturday, November 16, 2002, 12:00:39 PM, you wrote:
>> sounds interesting.  where has this sort of abstraction-based,
>> intermediary-friendly signing been done?  Given the fact that the goal you
>> are seeking is an end-to-end mechanism, the sort of syntactic change by an
>> intermediary, would be pretty unusual.

Derek> PGP does this when you sign a text message but generate a standalone
Derek> signature.  It signs the canonical form of the message, but you may
Derek> transmit the message in whatever lossless form you wish.

interaction between systems that do different encodings of the canonical
form have actually been fielded?  that would be seriously cool!


d/
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