[IETF-PKIX] R: [IETF-PKIX] draft-ietf-pkix-ipki-part4-02: meaning of "applica tion"

Santoni Adriano <santoni@SIA.IT> Mon, 26 January 1998 14:38 UTC

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Subject: [IETF-PKIX] R: [IETF-PKIX] draft-ietf-pkix-ipki-part4-02: meaning of "applica tion"
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So you confirm my 2nd interpretation. Thank you.
  Adriano

> -----Messaggio originale-----
> Da:   Santosh Chokhani [SMTP:chokhani@CYGNACOM.COM]
> Inviato:      luned“ 26 gennaio 1998 15.18
> A:    IETF-PKIX@LISTS.TANDEM.COM
> Oggetto:      Re: [IETF-PKIX] draft-ietf-pkix-ipki-part4-02: meaning
> of             "application"
>
> Example of Application in this case are: electronic mail, retail
> transactions, contracts, travel order, etc.  I hope these examples
> clarify the term applications.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Santoni Adriano [SMTP:santoni@SIA.IT]
> > Sent: Monday, January 26, 1998 7:25 AM
> > To:   IETF-PKIX@LISTS.TANDEM.COM
> > Subject:      [IETF-PKIX] draft-ietf-pkix-ipki-part4-02: meaning of
> > "application"
> >
> > Hi all. Sorry if this question has been asked before.
> >
> > Regarding the following excerpt from
> draft-ietf-pkix-ipki-part4-02...
> >
> >         4.1.3  Community and Applicability
> >
> >                  [cut]
> >
> >                  This subcomponent also contains:
> >
> >                     *  A  list of applications for which the issued
> > certificates
> >                     are suitable.
> >
> >                     * A list  of  applications  for  which  use  of
> > the
> > issued
> >                     certificates is restricted.  (This list
> implicitly
> > prohibits
> >                     all other uses for the certificates.)
> >
> > ...anybody wants to explain if the term "application" here means:
> >
> > *       some specific software product (e.g. Netscape Navigator,
> Lotus
> > Domino, etc.)
> > *       a generic software system category that accomplish some
> > category
> > of business needs (e.g. home banking, software publishing, digital
> > signature of disk files, etc.)
> >
> > TIA to all volunteers,
> >    Adriano
> >
> > Ing. Adriano Santoni
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