An Open Specification for Pretty Good Privacy (openpgp) ------------------------------------------------------- Charter Last Modified: 28-Oct-97 Current Status: Active Working Group Chair(s): John Noerenberg Charles Breed Security Area Director(s): Jeffrey Schiller Security Area Advisor: Jeffrey Schiller 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.