Xref: netcom.com comp.mail.mime:5131 Path: netcom.com!ix.netcom.com!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!paris.ics.uci.edu!ucivax!gateway From: nsb@nsb.fv.com (Nathaniel Borenstein) Subject: Re: Content-Type of application/pgp Message-ID: <0iv6J0H0Eyt5I2gP0o@nsb.fv.com> In-Reply-To: <3blaqd$fgn@wegener.ems.psu.edu> Newsgroups: comp.mail.mime Lines: 17 References: <3blaqd$fgn@wegener.ems.psu.edu> Date: 12 Dec 94 15:01:06 GMT After several discussions over the last few weeks -- with Phil Zimmerman, Jim Galvin, Ned Freed, and others at Email World and IETF -- I have reached the conclusion that the application/pgp type should be ABANDONED in favor of an approach based on multipart/security. My application/pgp Internet Draft is expiring shortly & will not be renewed. By using multipart/security, we can work towards a greater level of harmony between the PEM and PGP communities. It also now appears that there's a chance that PEM and PGP keys can be made interoperable, which would be a huge win. I don't want anyone to think I'm standing in the way of this convergence, so I wanted to publicly state that I have abandoned my application/pgp Internet Draft. What we need now is for someone to work up a new draft on how to use PGP inside of multipart/security. I'm swamped. Any volunteers? -- Nathaniel -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- We have the right to defend ourselves and our property, because of the kind of animals that we James A. Donald are. True law derives from this right, not from the arbitrary power of the omnipotent state. jamesd@netcom.com