Re: Chance to fix X.509
Hoyt Kesterson <hoyt_kesterson@ppd-smtp.az05.bull.com> Fri, 24 September 1993 22:10 UTC
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From: Hoyt Kesterson <hoyt_kesterson@ppd-smtp.az05.bull.com>
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Subject: Re: Chance to fix X.509
In response to your letter received 24 Sep 1993 at 13:23 i saw the attached message in august. i sent private mail to him asking for the well lnown list of defects . i told him that we had fixed the problem with next update and the internal signed sequence. i never heard from the guy we are looking for improvements to the facility - errors will continued to be handled by defect reports. i am trying to get info from the x9 guys about any new requirements - they have done some interesting work with roles (i see by your digital signature that you are hoyt who works for bull; but do you have the authority to order a corporate jet?) see some of you at the next meeting (unfortunately coming by commercial jet) hoyt * * * * * Any US input for the X3T5 meeting week after next? Hoyt Kesterson says that it is not on the agenda of the interim Directory meeting, but we have to start sometime... Ella Gardner MITRE ----- Begin Included Message ----- From pem-dev-relay@TIS.COM Fri Aug 13 10:25:20 1993 Return-Path: <pem-dev-relay@TIS.COM> Received: from mbunix.mitre.org by gateway.mitre.org (5.61/SMI-2.2) id AA00648; Fri, 13 Aug 93 10:24:54 -0400 Organization: The MITRE Corp. Received: from TIS.COM by mbunix.mitre.org (911016.SGI/4.7) id AA27067; Fri, 13 Aug 93 10:24:09 -0400 Received: by TIS.COM (4.1/SUN-5.64) id AA14677; Fri, 13 Aug 93 09:38:59 EDT Received: from swan.cl.cam.ac.uk by TIS.COM (4.1/SUN-5.64) id AA14667; Fri, 13 Aug 93 09:38:55 EDT Received: from smew.cl.cam.ac.uk (user mrr (rfc931)) by swan.cl.cam.ac.uk with SMTP (PP-6.5) to cl; Fri, 13 Aug 1993 14:38:41 +0100 To: pem-dev@TIS.COM Cc: Michael.Roe@cl.cam.ac.uk Subject: Chance to fix X.509 Date: Fri, 13 Aug 93 14:38:33 +0100 From: Mike Roe <Michael.Roe@cl.cam.ac.uk> Message-Id: <"swan.cl.cam.:121300:930813133847"@cl.cam.ac.uk> Sender: pem-dev-relay@TIS.COM Status: RO The followung ISO document arrived on my desk this morning: **************************************************************** ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 21 N 7940 Date: June 1993 ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 21 Open Systems Interconnection, Data Management and Open Distributed Processing Secretariat: U.S.A (ANSI) TITLE: Request for Contributions on Extensions to ITU-TS Recommendation X.509 ISO/IEC 9594-8 Certificate Definitions SOURCE: ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 21/WG 4 Meeting, Yokohama, June 1993 PROJECT: 21.29 STATUS: output document for study and comment REQUIRED ACTION: As per SC 21/WG Yokohama resolution 3.3, this document is circulated to SC 21 National Bodies and Liaison Organizations for study and comment. Contributions submitted on this document should reach the SC 21/WG 4 Secretariat no later than 23 May 1993. DISTRIBUTION: P and L Members Mr. P. D. Bartoli, Chairman JTC 1/21 Mr. K. Morino, Convenor JTC 1/21/4 Ms R. Mori, Sec JTC 1/21/4 A NP has been established for extending the definition of the security certificates defined in ITU-TS Recommendation X.509 | ISO/IEC 9594-8. It is expected that these extensions will provide: * better support for non-repudiation requirements * the ability for certificates to hold multiple algorithms and keys. For example, the algorithm identified for confidentiality may be weaker than that identified for integrity or authentication. * more flexibility is extending certificate by providing extensibility mechanisms to allow the addition of both standardized and proprietary extensions to certificate definitions. This mechanism would allow a user of a certificate to ignore unknown information in the certificte if permitted by policy. National bodies and liaison organizations are asked to provide contributions into the next Directory meeting in January/February of 1994. *************************************************************************** (end of ISO document) The list of defects in X.509 is extremely well-known to most standards bodies (after all, the same list of defects has been repeatedly raised every year for the last five years....) However, to make sure none of the smaller defects get forgotten, and to increase the chance of something getting done this time round, now would be a good time for interested parties to contact their national representative and make their views known. In the UK, to table a document for discussion by IST 21/-/1/1 (the security panel of IST 21/1), you can send it to me: Michael Roe University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory New Museums Site Pembroke Street Cambridge UK Email: mrr@cl.cam.ac.uk Fax: +44 223 334678 Mike ----- End Included Message ----- ------------------ RFC822 Header Follows ------------------ Received: by PPD-SMTP.az05.bull.com (1.21-/Mail*Link) with SMTP/TCP;24 Sep 93 13:23:30 U Received: from bull.com by mailsrvr.az05.bull.com with SMTP (5.65c/090393) id AA23814; Fri, 24 Sep 1993 13:22:15 -0700 Received: from MAGELLAN.TIS.COM by nc-17.ma02.bull.com with SMTP (5.65c/090793-1) id AA191294; Fri, 24 Sep 1993 16:22:06 EDT Received-Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1993 16:22:06 EDT Received: from magellan.tis.com by magellan.TIS.COM id aa01919; 24 Sep 93 15:54 EDT Received: from tis.com by magellan.TIS.COM id aa01915; 24 Sep 93 15:53 EDT Received: from azalea.tis.com by TIS.COM (4.1/SUN-5.64) id AA02481; Fri, 24 Sep 93 15:52:45 EDT Received: by azalea.tis.com; id AA26818; Fri, 24 Sep 93 15:51:08 EDT Received: from gateway.mitre.org/128.29.31.10 via smap Return-Path: <epg@gateway.mitre.org> Received: from cutter.mitre.org by gateway.mitre.org (5.61/SMI-2.2) id AA14016; Fri, 24 Sep 93 15:51:54 -0400 Date: Fri, 24 Sep 93 15:51:54 -0400 From: "Ella P. Gardner" <epg@gateway.mitre.org> Message-Id: <9309241951.AA14016@gateway.mitre.org> To: pem-dev@tis.com Subject: Chance to fix X.509
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- Re: Chance to fix X.509 Hoyt Kesterson
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