Last Call: <draft-ietf-lamps-rfc7030-csrattrs-16.txt> (Clarification and enhancement of RFC7030 CSR Attributes definition) to Proposed Standard

The IESG <iesg-secretary@ietf.org> Thu, 06 February 2025 20:57 UTC

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The IESG has received a request from the Limited Additional Mechanisms for
PKIX and SMIME WG (lamps) to consider the following document: -
'Clarification and enhancement of RFC7030 CSR Attributes definition'
  <draft-ietf-lamps-rfc7030-csrattrs-16.txt> as Proposed Standard

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Abstract


   This document updates RFC7030 (EST) and clarifies how the CSR
   Attributes Response can be used by an EST server to specify both CSR
   attribute OIDs and also CSR attribute values, in particular X.509
   extension values, that the server expects the client to include in
   subsequent CSR request.

   The Enrollment over Secure Transport (EST, RFC7030) is ambiguous in
   its specification of the CSR Attributes Response.  This has resulted
   in implementation challenges and implementor confusion.  As a result
   of some of the implementation challenges, it came to light that the
   particular way of that RFC7030 (EST) says to use the CSR attributes
   was not universally agreed upon.

   This document therefore also provides a new straightforward approach:
   using a template for CSR contents that may be partially filled in by
   the server.  This also allows an EST server to specify a subject
   Distinguished Name (DN).




The file can be obtained via
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-lamps-rfc7030-csrattrs/



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