Series of minor questions about OpenPGP 1

[John Clizbe]

Peter Thomas wrote:
> On really last addition on this (promised :-) ):
> I tried to mix up keys with new and old packet header types.
> Is it desired that gnupg simply converts them back to old packet
> headers (if possible) without any notice to the user?
> 
> What will keyservers do when someone uploads a key with e.g. old
> packet headers,... that's already there, but just with new packet
> headers?

I imagine that would depend on the individual keyserver code and how the
author(s) read the RFC at the time the code was created.

The code is available. Help yourself.

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