On Thu, 12 Dec 2002 22:34:10 +0100 Xavier Nodet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

XN> Another thing is that the status of a PGP signature is not easily
XN> described using only an enum: a signature is:
XN>   - good or bad
XN>   - expired or not
XN>   - has one of 4 levels of trust

 My idea was to use MCryptoEngineOutputLog for any additional info because
it is more flexible than using a return code.

XN> Additionally, some useful information could be added. A interesting
XN> thing I would like to see is:
XN>   
XN>   Good PGP signature from "Xavier Nodet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>"

 Nothing prevents us from adding Set/GetSigner() methods to
MCryptoEngineOutputLog...

XN> So I propose that the object returned by the crypto functions has such
XN> an API (which should do for both verifying signatures and decrypting):
...
XN> Any comments?

 I don't know if it's actually better to use this than the current setup.

 Regards,
VZ



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