Re: [keyassure] Issue #14 - publishing the public key

[Warren Kumari <[e-mail]>]

[ Subject updated to include the issue number - apologies if this makes your MUA crazy. ] 

We have this particular item listed as an issue in the issue tracker so I figured that we might as well keep track of the progress we are making on this, so let's discuss it an issue and figure out how / what we would like to do about it[0]... (Also known as, issue #14 is officially open :-))

W

[0]: Yes, I realize that we are already discussing it, but I'm trying hard to use the issue tracker to actually work through the open issues, track what we are deciding, etc. I have seen it being used very effectively, especially to help newcomers understand what has been discussed and what has been decided.



On Feb 14, 2011, at 8:35 PM, Paul Wouters wrote:

> On Tue, 15 Feb 2011, Peter Gutmann wrote:
> 
>>> The public key's type and raw blob will be obtained from DNSSEC, so this is
>>> no longer required to be conveyed to the client from the server via a PKIX
>>> certificate or other ASN.1 structures.
>> 
>> But what format is the "type and raw blob" in?  You need some way of encoding
>> it, and if it's not the standard ASN.1 format what are you going to use?
> 
> I'm not sure I understand your question. The key would encoded in DNS, likely in a
> format similar to DNSKEY.
> 
> Paul
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