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@ -546,16 +546,15 @@ The "restrictions dictionary" is a table which establishes an upper bound on
how this authority (or any attenuations thereof) may be used. It is how this authority (or any attenuations thereof) may be used. It is
effectively a set of key-value pairs. effectively a set of key-value pairs.
A "signing key" is an EC-DSA192 private key string, as supplied to the A "signing key" is an EC-DSA192 private key string and is 12 bytes
SigningKey() constructor, and is 12 bytes long. A "verifying key" long. A "verifying key" is an EC-DSA192 public key string, and is 24
is an EC-DSA192 public key string, and is 24 bytes bytes long. A "key identifier" is a string which securely identifies a
long. A "key identifier" is a string which securely identifies a specific specific signing/verifying keypair: for long RSA keys it would be a
signing/verifying keypair: for long RSA keys it would be a secure hash of the secure hash of the public key, but since ECDSA192 keys are so short,
public key, but since ECDSA192 keys are so short, we simply use the full we simply use the full verifying key verbatim. A "key hint" is a
verifying key verbatim. A "key hint" is a variable-length prefix of the key variable-length prefix of the key identifier, perhaps zero bytes long,
identifier, perhaps zero bytes long, used to help a recipient reduce the used to help a recipient reduce the number of verifying keys that it
number of verifying keys that it must search to find one that matches a must search to find one that matches a signed message.
signed message.
==== Authority Chains ==== ==== Authority Chains ====