> We'll wait for your notes as well as notes from Balazs.
> Glad to hear about the opensource.  :-)

Hi,

I have reviewed the draft and have the following comments:

- signature blocks description:
   "Priority" field is said to be 3 bytes long in the summary, but
   details show that it's really 4 bytes (two bytes version, 1 byte hash, 1
   byte signature scheme)

- I think some more algorithms should be defined in the priority field: for
  hashes SHA1 seems to be sufficient, but OpenPGP DSA is missing at least
  RSA.

- In signature blocks, we have 2 version fields, the first one applying to
  the whole syslog-sign protocol, the second to certificate blocks. I don't
  know whether this understanding is correct, since this is not described in
  the rfc. Do we need so many version fields? Can't we use a single version
  field with several bitfields? And if we do, do we need them to be 16 bits 
  wide?

- Another question (I know I was not involved in the development of the protocol, so I 
might
  be whining too much): signature groups are limited to 192 in number. I see
  that 192 comes from the fact there are 192 different priority levels. Do
  we need to drag this limitation to this new protocol?  I know that SIG can
  be equal to PRI, but I see this as the special case.

- First message number: the description is somewhat unclear to me. Maybe it
  should be reworded a bit.

- Payload blocks: IP addresses are not 128 bits, unless we are speaking
  about ipv6

- I would define an additional relay, which verifies messages on-line and
  also forwards them (possibly signed again). This would be useful on
  firewalls.

-- 
Bazsi
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