Jeffrey C. Ollie wrote:
On Wed, 2005-02-02 at 12:26 -0500, Jeff Johnson wrote:
>Headers are gonna change in rpm-4.4.2 to permit use of xml to represent
>header content, and there's four or five other flaws that need addressing
>at the same time (like permitting an array of binary elements, and adding
>an ASN.1 like type to ease tertirary lookup of data embedded in tags
>(think: signature/pubkey fingerprints.)
>
>
Since the RPM headers are going to be in XML, what about using XML
Signatures?
Short answer: No way Jose.
The longer answer can only be shared with someone who has actually
attempted an OpenPGP
implementation from scratch. Words escape me ...
73 de Jeff