gpg: can't put a policy URL into v3 (PGP 2.x style) signature

Atom 'Smasher' atom-gpg at suspicious.org
Fri Apr 9 18:01:58 CEST 2004


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> It's not a question of prohibition.  It's a question of
> impossibility.  V3 signatures have no subpackets - there is no place
> to put the policy URL.
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i guess i never realized that clearsigning was a v3-only animal. is that
something that might warrant an update in a pending draft rfc?


        ...atom

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