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Re: [Acme] ACME or EST?

Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> Thu, 27 November 2014 12:20 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Acme] ACME or EST?
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> I would also like to ensure that the operational model that is implied
> by ACME is congruent enough with EST that an operator might be able to
> use both in parallel - if possible.

could you explain why?  transition?

Tony Arcieri <bascule@gmail.com> wrote:
> ASN.1 is *not* "LANGSEC-friendly". JOSE comes a lot closer. For that reason
> alone, ASN.1 is inferior.

are there pure LR parsers for jose?

Stephen Farrell wrote:
> Frankly, I couldn't give a rat's arse if its asn.1 or xml or json or
> punch cards via courier, or pigeons, so long as it works well enough,
> as a default, and at scale.

i would think you, of the farrelous brothers, would be concerned about
the langsec-friendly aspect.

randy

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