From a0a33b13b474f8fdb4b020b757586bad7fdeb207 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Heiko Schaefer Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2023 13:34:37 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] ch1: notes on the elaboration --- book/source/01-intro.md | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/book/source/01-intro.md b/book/source/01-intro.md index 438d904..3fa5b10 100644 --- a/book/source/01-intro.md +++ b/book/source/01-intro.md @@ -32,6 +32,15 @@ This document is focused on the second group, application developers, who use Op :class: warning Heiko, we should elaborate a bit on why here + +arguments: + +- standardized cryptographic system +- long history, broard support +- lately: many high-quality, modern, library implementations (in the past there were no good ways to integrate openpgp into applications) +- the new version of the standard is almost ready, defining a modernized version 6 of the protocol + +- all of this together: it's now easier than ever to add openpgp functionality to applications, and the updated standard brings the cryptographic building blocks up to the state of the art ``` This document is not intended for end-users. It is also not for implementers of OpenPGP libraries (or other software that directly handles internal OpenPGP data structures).