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
