From f142aa73e23cc1bf29067f8b2f8e9985c79aac6f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Heiko Schaefer Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2023 23:37:01 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] clarify "systems" --- book/source/04-certificates.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/book/source/04-certificates.md b/book/source/04-certificates.md index f3e221a..af1a703 100644 --- a/book/source/04-certificates.md +++ b/book/source/04-certificates.md @@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ We have to distinguish the "packet level" information about a certificate from a OpenPGP is a thoroughly distributed system. Users can obtain and transmit certificate information about their own, as well as other users', certificates using a broad range of mechanisms. These mechanisms include keyservers, manual handling, [Web Key Directory](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-koch-openpgp-webkey-service/) (WKD) and [Autocrypt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autocrypt). -User's OpenPGP software may obtain different views of a particular certificate, over time. These systems have to reconcile and store a combined version of the possibly disparate elements they may obtain from different sources. +Different users' OpenPGP software may obtain different views of a particular certificate, over time. Individual users' OpenPGP instances have to reconcile and store a combined version of the possibly disparate elements they obtain from different sources. In practice, this means that various OpenPGP users may have differing views of any given certificate. For various reasons, not all users will be in possession of a fully up-to date and complete version of a certificate.