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[Cynthia Clark: RE: I-D ACTION:draft-pgp-pgpformat-00.txt]
I think that most cypherpunks would be interested in this. I realize
that many of you are on the IETF announcement list and probably have
already seen this, but I thought that I'd forward it for those of you
who aren't on it...
-derek
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A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts
directories.
Title : PGP Message Exchange Formats
Author(s) : D. Atkins, W. Stallings, P. Zimmermann
Filename : draft-pgp-pgpformat-00.txt
Pages : 21
Date : 12/13/1994
PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) uses a combination of public-key and conventional
encryption to provide security services for electronic mail messages and
data files. These services include confidentiality and digital signature.
PGP is widely used throughout the global computer community. This
document describes the format of "PGP files", i.e., messages that have been
encrypted and/or signed with PGP.
PGP was created by Philip Zimmermann and first released, in Version 1.0,
in 1991. Subsequent versions have been designed and implemented by an
all-volunteer collaborative effort under the design guidance of
Philip Zimmermann. PGP and Pretty Good Privacy are trademarks
of Philip Zimmermann.
Internet-Drafts are available by anonymous FTP. Login with the username
"anonymous" and a password of your e-mail address. After logging in,
type "cd internet-drafts" and then
"get draft-pgp-pgpformat-00.txt".
A URL for the Internet-Draft is:
ftp://ds.internic.net/internet-drafts/draft-pgp-pgpformat-00.txt
Internet-Drafts directories are located at:
o Africa
Address: ftp.is.co.za (196.4.160.2)
o Europe
Address: nic.nordu.net (192.36.148.17)
o Pacific Rim
Address: munnari.oz.au (128.250.1.21)
o US East Coast
Address: ds.internic.net (198.49.45.10)
o US West Coast
Address: ftp.isi.edu (128.9.0.32)
Internet-Drafts are also available by mail.
Send a message to: [email protected]. In the body type:
"FILE /internet-drafts/draft-pgp-pgpformat-00.txt".
NOTE: The mail server at ds.internic.net can return the document in
MIME-encoded form by using the "mpack" utility. To use this
feature, insert the command "ENCODING mime" before the "FILE"
command. To decode the response(s), you will need "munpack" or
a MIME-compliant mail reader. Different MIME-compliant mail readers
exhibit different behavior, especially when dealing with
"multipart" MIME messages (i.e., documents which have been split
up into multiple messages), so check your local documentation on
how to manipulate these messages.
For questions, please mail to [email protected].
Below is the data which will enable a MIME compliant mail reader
implementation to automatically retrieve the ASCII version
of the Internet-Draft.
- --NextPart
Content-Type: Multipart/Alternative; Boundary="OtherAccess"
- --OtherAccess
Content-Type: Message/External-body;
access-type="mail-server";
server="[email protected]"
Content-Type: text/plain
Content-ID: <[email protected]>
ENCODING mime
FILE /internet-drafts/draft-pgp-pgpformat-00.txt
- --OtherAccess
Content-Type: Message/External-body;
name="draft-pgp-pgpformat-00.txt";
site="ds.internic.net";
access-type="anon-ftp";
directory="internet-drafts"
Content-Type: text/plain
Content-ID: <[email protected]>
- --OtherAccess--
- --NextPart--
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