diff --git a/book/source/adv/signing_data.md b/book/source/adv/signing_data.md index d89250e..2f65f87 100644 --- a/book/source/adv/signing_data.md +++ b/book/source/adv/signing_data.md @@ -116,16 +116,16 @@ However, when a signer creates a {term}`prefixed signed message`, the signed dat ## Nesting of one-pass signatures -Signing a message using the one-pass mechanism involves prepending a *One-Pass-Signature* (OPS) packet to the message and appending the corresponding signature, sandwiching the signed content. +Signing a message using the one-pass mechanism involves prepending a *one-pass signature* (OPS) packet to the message and appending the corresponding signature, sandwiching the signed content. An OpenPGP message can contain multiple signatures added that way. ```{note} -One-Pass-Signatures are nested, meaning the outermost One-Pass-Signature packet corresponds to the outermost signature packet. +One-pass signatures are nested, meaning the outermost one-pass signature packet corresponds to the outermost signature packet. ``` When a message is signed, the signature is always calculated over the contents of the literal data packet, not the literal data packet itself. -This means that if a message, which is compressed using a compressed data packet is wrapped using a one-pass-signature, the signature is still being calculated over the plaintext inside the literal data packet. +This means that if a message, which is compressed using a compressed data packet is wrapped using a one-pass signature, the signature is still being calculated over the plaintext inside the literal data packet. There is one exception, though. ```{note} @@ -137,20 +137,20 @@ If this flag is set to `0`, it indicates that further OPSs will follow this pack [^nested-flag]: See [description of the nested flag](https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-ietf-openpgp-crypto-refresh-12.html#section-5.4-3.8.1). -This mechanism enables attested signatures, where the signer signs an already one-pass-signed message including the already contained signature. +This mechanism enables attested signatures, where the signer signs an already one-pass signed message including the already contained signature. As a practical example, consider the following notation: * `LIT("Hello World")` represents a literal data packet with the content `Hello World`. * `COMP(XYZ)` represents a compressed data packet over some other packet `XYZ`. -* `OPS₁` represents a one-pass-signature packet with the nested flag set to `1`. Analogous, `OPS₀` has the nested flag set to `0`. +* `OPS₁` represents a one-pass signature packet with the nested flag set to `1`. Analogous, `OPS₀` has the nested flag set to `0`. * `SIG` represents a signature packet. -A normal, one-pass-signed message looks like this: +A normal, one-pass signed message looks like this: `OPS₁ LIT("Hello World") SIG` Here, the signature is calculated over the plaintext `Hello World`, as is it in a message that has the following form: `OPS₁ COMP(LIT("Hello World")) SIG`. -A message, where multiple one-pass-signatures are calculated over the same plaintext looks the following: +A message, where multiple one-pass signatures are calculated over the same plaintext looks the following: `OPS₀ OPS₀ OPS₁ LIT("Hello World") SIG SIG SIG` All three signatures are calculated over the same plaintext `Hello World`.