[IPsec] ikev2bis issue #183: Replace "X.509" with "PKIX" throughout?

Paul Hoffman <paul.hoffman@vpnc.org> Tue, 30 March 2010 23:59 UTC

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Subject: [IPsec] ikev2bis issue #183: Replace "X.509" with "PKIX" throughout?
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We use "X.509" when we probably mean "PKIX". That is, we only care about the PKIX profile of X.509, not just the base X.509 spec. However, X.509 appears in some of the protocol element names. Can we change it throughout to PKIX, or are we stuck with the old name?