Re: S/MIME Minutes - CMS section

[Denis Pinkas <[e-mail]>]

John,

If you just take the first and last sentence of your (long) proposal, I think
this is enough. This makes:

"Russ stated that Denis Pinkas submitted comments to the S/MIME WG mail list
requesting additional text in CMS to explain how the correct signer's public key
used to perform signature verification is obtained. Russ stated that he would
work with Denis to derive the exact words to be proposed for addition to CMS and
then the S/MIME WG members would be given
the opportunity to review the proposed changes."

Regards,

Denis


> All,
>
> After reviewing the tape recording of the 3/17/99 S/MIME WG meeting, I agree
> with Denis that the minutes could have been more accurate regarding the
> discussion of his comments.  I do not believe that the minutes include any
> false or misleading statements.  I disagree with Denis' proposed
> modification to the minutes because it does not accurately capture the
> events of the meeting.
>
> Based on the tape recordings of the meeting, this is what could have been
> written in the minutes:  "Russ stated that Denis Pinkas submitted comments
> to the S/MIME WG mail list requesting additional text in CMS to explain how
> the correct signer's public key used to perform signature verification is
> obtained.  Russ stated that there was no response to Denis' message on the
> list.  Russ stated that he had discussions with Denis off the list.  Russ
> stated that he was still working with Denis to derive the exact words to be
> proposed for addition to CMS.  Russ stated that Denis is especially
> concerned with the case in which multiple certificates contain the same
> public key.  John Pawling stated that the PKIX X.509 Certificate and CRL
> Profile (RFC2459) (referred to by the CERT I-D) specifies how key validation
> is performed and that CMS should not replicate that information.  There were
> many attendees who expressed their agreement with John's statement.  Russ
> stated that he would work with Denis to derive the exact words to be
> proposed for addition to CMS and then the S/MIME WG members would be given
> the opportunity to review the proposed changes."
>
> If the S/MIME WG would like me to change the official minutes to include the
> aforementioned text and then re-submit them to the IETF, then I will be
> happy to do so.  Please note that the IETF guidelines for writing meeting
> minutes (http://www.ietf.org/instructions/minutes.html) state that they
> should summarize the significant events of the meeting.  The minutes are not
> intended to capture every statement made in the meeting.  If that were the
> case, then the minutes would greatly exceed the IETF-recommended limit of
> six pages.
>
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