Re: [atoca] Call for submissions: Secure Alert Format

Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com> Tue, 04 September 2012 20:54 UTC

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With a little over a week to go, we have so far received the following input:


Remember, more time under the noses of your colleagues improves our
chances of meeting the next deadline.

On 17 August 2012 11:34, Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com> wrote:
> The ATOCA WG needs you.
>
> It has been determined that providing a means of authenticating alerts
> is critical to the working group.
>
> Please submit internet drafts containing proposals that address this
> problem before September 12.
>
> Such a proposal must be able to carry CAP-formatted alerts in such a
> way that the source(s) of the alert can be authenticated by
> recipients.  Attributing trust to that source is not necessarily
> within scope, nor is it necessary to describe a protocol or delivery
> architecture.
>
> A submission made earlier than this date will give us more time to
> discuss it.  That is good if we are to meet our later milestones for
> adoption and publication.