home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
Internet Info 1997 December
/
Internet_Info_CD-ROM_Walnut_Creek_December_1997.iso
/
ietf
/
openpgp
/
openpgp-charter.txt
< prev
Wrap
Text File
|
1997-10-29
|
2KB
|
67 lines
An Open Specification for Pretty Good Privacy (openpgp)
-------------------------------------------------------
Charter
Last Modified: 28-Oct-97
Current Status: Active Working Group
Chair(s):
John Noerenberg <jwn2@qualcomm.com>
Charles Breed <cbreed@pgp.com>
Security Area Director(s):
Jeffrey Schiller <jis@mit.edu>
Security Area Advisor:
Jeffrey Schiller <jis@mit.edu>
Mailing Lists:
General Discussion:ietf-open-pgp@imc.org
To Subscribe: ietf-open-pgp-request@imc.org
In Body: Only the word subscribe
Archive: http://www.imc.org/ietf-open-pgp/mail-archive/
Description of Working Group:
PGP, or Pretty Good Privacy, first appeared on the Internet in 1991.
It has enjoyed significant popularity amongst the Internet Community.
PGP is used both for protecting E-mail and File Storage. It presents
a way to digitally sign and encrypt information "objects." As such
it is well suited for any store and forward application.
The goal of the OpenPGP working group is to provide IETF standards for
the algorithms and formats of PGP processed objects as well as providing
the MIME framework for exchanging them via e-mail or other transport
protocols.
Because there is a significant installed base of PGP users, the
working group will consider compatibilty issues to avoid
disenfranchising the existing community of PGP users.
Security Issues:
The whole purpose of Open-PGP is to provide security services.
Goals and Milestones:
Oct 97 Submit Internet-Draft for PGP Key Format & Message
Specification
Mar 98 Issue WG Last Call for PGP Key Format & Message Specification
Internet-Draft documents
May 98 Submit PGP Key Format & Message Specification Internet-Draft to
IESG for consideration as a Proposed Standard.
Internet-Drafts:
No Current Internet-Drafts.
Request For Comments:
None to date.