Re: [Ace] est-coaps clarification on /att and /crts

Michael Richardson <mcr+ietf@sandelman.ca> Wed, 12 December 2018 21:52 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Ace] est-coaps clarification on /att and /crts
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Max Pritikin (pritikin) <pritikin@cisco.com> wrote:
>     Jim Schaad <ietf@augustcellars.com> wrote:
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jim>     Clarification requested - exactly what element is the Registrar?

mcr>     It's an EST RFC7030 term, but essentially it's the server that
mcr>     connects to  (or is) the CA.

max> The Registrar terminology is from the Anima working group and is closely
max> analogous to the “Registration Authority” we know and love from the PKI
max> space.

Oh, right. I forgot that Registration Authority (RA) is not the same word as
"Registrar".  I wonder if we should have aligned that more, or aligned it less.


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