On Aug 9, 2013, at 2:43 AM, Khelben Blackstaff <[email protected]> wrote:
> I only replied to Mr. Shaw and not to the list so i send this again. > > On Fri, 9 Aug 2013 00:09:29 -0400 > David Shaw <[email protected]> wrote: > >> There are two namespaces here. If a tag is defined by the IETF >> process, then there is no @domain at all. The @domain tags are used >> when regular users want to define a tag. >> >> Anyway, so it's true that you can use the @domain notation to >> differentiate between a tag you use and the same tag used by someone >> else, but this shouldn't be interpreted as that you should always use >> the local domain. The domain is set by whoever defines the tag. >> >> In this case, the preferred-email-encoding tag was defined by the >> pgp.com people. Thus [email protected] is the proper >> string to use. >> >> David >> > > Yes i understood the two namespaces but i had not understood that the > proper domain is the one of the person who defines the tag. I had > the impression that everyone should use his own domain. > > So, in the case of the issuer-fpr notation, which if i am not wrong > was introduced by Mr. Gillmor, the proper notation is > [email protected] and not > [email protected] ? Sort of. Basically, if you want the semantics of the tag as defined by a particular person, you use their tag. If you want different semantics, you can use your own tag (possibly using the same tag name, but @ your own domain). In the case of the issuer-fpr tag specifically, I'd use dkg's tag. It's straightforward and well defined. David _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
