Am Sa 28.04.2012, 22:21:52 schrieb michael crane: > what is the reasoning for attaching the key ID to the end of the > fingerprint string ?
The "reason" is that the short and long key ID are defined as the last 4/8 bytes of the fingerprint. In other words: They are not attached to the fingerprint (which has 160 bits / 20 bytes) but simply part of it. Hauke -- PGP: D44C 6A5B 71B0 427C CED3 025C BD7D 6D27 ECCB 5814
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