RFC 4880, "OpenPGP Message Format", November 2007

Source of RFC: openpgp (sec)

⚠ This RFC has been obsoleted!

Obsoleted by: RFC9580

Updated by: RFC5581

Errata-ID: 2222

Status:
Held for Document Update
Type:
Editorial
Reported By:
Constantin Hagemeier
Date Reported:
2010-04-28
Held for Document Update by:
Sean Turner
Date Held for Document Update:
2010-07-20

Section 5.5.3. says:

   Implementations MUST use a string-to-key specifier; the simple hash
   is for backward compatibility and is deprecated, though
   implementations MAY continue to use existing private keys in the old
   format.

It should say:

   Implementations MUST generate a string-to-key specifier; the simple
   hash is for backward compatibility and is deprecated, though
   implementations MAY continue to use existing private keys in the old
   format.

Notes:

MUST use and MAY continue to use the opposite is a contradiction.

Changed to editorial.