Open Specification for Pretty Good Privacy
charter-ietf-openpgp-01-00

OpenPGP is an Internet standard that covers object encryption, object signing, and identity
certification. These were defined by the first incarnation of the OpenPGP working group.

The following is an excerpt from the charter of the original incarnation of the openpgp
working group

The goal of the OpenPGP working group is to provide IETF standards for the algorithms and
formats of PGP processed objects as well as providing the MIME framework for exchanging
them via e-mail or other transport protocols.

The working group concluded this work and was closed in March of 2008. In the
intervening period, there has been a rough consensus reached that the RFC that
defined the IETF openpgp standard, RFC4880, is in need of revision.

This incarnation of the working group is chartered to primarily produce a revision
of RFC4880 to address issues that have been identified by the community since
the working group was originally closed.

These revisions will include, but are not limited to:

• Potential inclusion of elliptic curves recommended by the CFRG (see note below)

• A symmetric encryption mechanism that offers modern message integrity protection (e.g. AEAD)

• Revision of mandatory-to-implement algorithm selection and deprecation of weak algorithms

• An updated public-key fingerprint mechanism

The Working Group will perform the following work:

• Revise RFC4880

• Other work may be entertained by the working group as long as it does
  not interfere with the completion of the RFC4880 revision. As the revision
  of RFC4880 is the primary goal of the working group, other work may be
  undertaken, so long as:

1. Will not unduly delay the closure of the working group after the
   revision is finished (unless the working group is rechartered).

2. as widespread support in the working group.

Inclusion of CFRG Curves

The Working Group will consider CFRG curves as possible Mandatory to
Implement (MTI) based on the output of the CFRG and/or Working Group
consensus in the matter.

Working Group Process

The working group will endeavor to complete most if not all of its work
online on the working group's mailing list. We expect that the requirement
for face-to-face sessions at IETF meetings to be minimal.

Furthermore, the working group will accept no ID's as working group
items unless there is a review by at least two un-interested parties of
the ID as part of the acceptance process.