Re: [sidr] draft-ietf-sidr-repos-struct to Standards Track

[Stephen Kent <[e-mail]>]

>...
>
>I'm happy to see things tagged in a normative fashion, I just think putting
>the eggs into the filename/directory basket as a standards action is
>worrying.
>
>Cheers
>Terry

Since we're using basic file systems for the repository (e.g., vs. 
LDAP), I think file names are an obvious candidate for labeling the 
object types in an easy fashion, for an RP's initial processing. 
Ultimately, an RP will check
the OID for each object and verify the signature on each object (for 
the critical, signed objects). But with the file name extension we 
allow an RP to rely on that top level declaration by a CA, and then 
see if that declaration holds up when more detailed checks are made.

Steve