Re: [pkix] a question of cert (and OCSP) extension syntax

[Melinda Shore <[e-mail]>]

On 3/17/15 7:28 PM, Peter Gutmann wrote:
> The impression I got was that the decision to use the TLS encoding was a
> foregone conclusion and there wasn't much chance of changing it.

It's not so much that it's a foregone conclusion but rather that it's
what's in the document until someone can either point to some normative
specification that it violates or can point to something that actually
would break.  Finding it distasteful is not sufficient.  Unfortunately
none of the parties on either side of the discussion have shown even
a passing interest in compromise, I feel very strongly that chairs
should not be making unilateral decisions about technical content, and
there's implementation experience and running code based on 6962.  I
don't think the conditions for changing the encoding are particularly
onerous.  So, here we are.

Melinda