From: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Date: Wed, 6 Apr 94 13:41:13 PDT
To: whitaker@dpair.csd.sgi.com (Russell Whitaker)
Subject: Re: PGP-MIME
In-Reply-To: <9404061142.ZM23511@dpair.csd.sgi.com>
Message-ID: <9404062040.AA24197@toxicwaste.media.mit.edu>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain


Actually, there is work underway to to generate an inter-operation
between MIME and PGP, similar to the interoperation between MIME and
PEM.

It will *not* have detached signatures (i.e., a signature in one MIME
part which is signing another part).

The idea is to have two PGP types, one that is defines a PGP-encoded
text object, and one that defines a PGP-encoded MIME object.  When
using a text-object, it will just use PGP.  When its a MIME object,
the output from PGP will be run through a MIME program again (like
metamail).

Details are still being drawn.

-derek