Re: including the entire fingerprint of the issuer in an OpenPGP certification

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+Subject: Re: including the entire fingerprint of the issuer in an OpenPGP\r
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+On Jan 17, 2011, at 8:47 PM, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote:\r
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+> Would there be any objection to a new subpacket type for OpenPGPv4 =\r
+that\r
+> would include the remaining 96 bits of the issuer's fingerprint?  (the\r
+> "high 96" proposal)\r
+>=20\r
+> Alternately, what about a new subpacket type that simply includes the\r
+> entire 160 bits of the issuer's fingerprint?   (the "full fingerprint"\r
+> proposal)\r
+\r
+I like this idea.  I would do it as "full fingerprint" myself.  The =\r
+difference in storage between 160 bits and 96 bits is all of 8 bytes.  I =\r
+think the simplicity of being able to say the whole fingerprint is in =\r
+there is worth a measly 8 bytes.\r
+\r
+Do we necessarily need a new subpacket type for this?  It could pretty =\r
+easily be a notation.\r
+\r
+David\r
+\r