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Bug#594510: emacs23-common: OpenPGP-signed message composition uses micalg=pgp-rmd160 instead of micalg=pgp-ripemd160

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Rob Browning <rlb <at> defaultvalue.org>
Subject: bug#7490: closed (Re: Bug#594510: emacs23-common: OpenPGP-signed
 message composition uses micalg=pgp-rmd160 instead of micalg=pgp-ripemd160)
Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2010 01:47:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#7490: Bug#594510: emacs23-common: OpenPGP-signed message composition uses micalg=pgp-rmd160 instead of micalg=pgp-ripemd160

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 7490 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: Daiki Ueno <ueno <at> unixuser.org>
To: Rob Browning <rlb <at> defaultvalue.org>
Cc: 7490-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 594510 <at> bugs.debian.org,
	Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg <at> fifthhorseman.net>
Subject: Re: Bug#594510: emacs23-common: OpenPGP-signed message composition
	uses micalg=pgp-rmd160 instead of micalg=pgp-ripemd160
Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2010 10:56:00 +0900

Rob Browning <rlb <at> defaultvalue.org> writes:

>> but the declaration for RIPEMD160 is wrong, according to the registry
>> in RFC 4880.  It should be:
>>
>> (defconst epg-digest-algorithm-alist #3#)) ((1 . "MD5") (2 . "SHA1")
>> (3 . "RIPEMD160") (8 . "SHA256") (9 . "SHA384") (10 . "SHA512"))

Thanks.  Fixed in r102553.

Regards,
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Daiki Ueno

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From: Rob Browning <rlb <at> defaultvalue.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Cc: 594510 <at> bugs.debian.org, 594510-forwarded <at> bugs.debian.org,
	Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg <at> fifthhorseman.net>
Subject: Re: Bug#594510: emacs23-common: OpenPGP-signed message composition
	uses micalg=pgp-rmd160 instead of micalg=pgp-ripemd160
Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2010 13:58:18 -0600

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Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg <at> fifthhorseman.net> writes:

>
> /usr/share/emacs/23.1/lisp/epg.elc lists OpenPGP's digest algorithms
> as follows:
>
> (defconst epg-digest-algorithm-alist #3#)) ((1 . "MD5") (2 . "SHA1")
> (3 . "RMD160") (8 . "SHA256") (9 . "SHA384") (10 . "SHA512"))
>
> but the declaration for RIPEMD160 is wrong, according to the registry
> in RFC 4880.  It should be:
>
> (defconst epg-digest-algorithm-alist #3#)) ((1 . "MD5") (2 . "SHA1")
> (3 . "RIPEMD160") (8 . "SHA256") (9 . "SHA384") (10 . "SHA512"))
>
> This causes messages to be produced with a mismatched pgp-micalg entry
> in the Content-Type: line, which in turn causes some MUAs to fail to
> validate them.

Thanks
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Rob Browning
rlb @defaultvalue.org and @debian.org
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