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Pretty Good Privacy Working Group of the IETF.

	Title		: OpenPGP Message Format
	Author(s)	: J. Callas, et al.
	Filename	: draft-ietf-openpgp-rfc2440bis-18.txt
	Pages		: 77
	Date		: 2006-5-10
	
This document is maintained in order to publish all
necessary
information needed to develop interoperable applications
based on
the OpenPGP format. It is not a step-by-step cookbook for
writing an
application. It describes only the format and methods needed
to
read, check, generate, and write conforming packets crossing
any
network. It does not deal with storage and implementation
questions.
It does, however, discuss implementation issues necessary to
avoid
security flaws.

OpenPGP software uses a combination of strong public-key and
symmetric cryptography to provide security services for
electronic
communications and data storage. These services include
confidentiality, key management, authentication, and digital
signatures. This document specifies the message formats used
in
OpenPGP.

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