Re: [hiprg] draft-zhang-hip-hierarchical-parameter-00:Includinghieararchy in HIT generation

[Tobias Heer <[e-mail]>]

Am 10.08.2009 um 20:33 schrieb Henderson, Thomas R:

>> Hence, the
>> hierarchy information would be self certifying in the sense
>> that if I
>> give a HIT to someone, the hierarchy would be bound to it and
>> it would
>> stay like that unless I changed my HIT.
>
> ...
>
>> The proposed solution was not meant to replace the hierarchy
>> information in an additional parameter it was only intended
>> to have a
>> stronger binding between hierarchy information and HIT.
>
> Maybe this is a terminology issue but I don't think of this as a  
> binding
> or as self-certifying, in the same way that a certificate binds a name
> to a principal, or in the way that current HITs are self-certifying,
> because there is no authorization to use the hierarchy bits.
>
> - Tom

I agree, this is probably a terminology problem. I also agree that  
this binding (or call it linking if you prefer) does not imply  
authorized use of the hierarchy data in the HIT generation.

BR, Tobias


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