Re: Correct definition of ContentInfo in CMS-10

[Russ Housley <[e-mail]>]

Peter:

Thanks for pointing out the error in the Appendix.  You are correct,
content is NOT OPTIONAL.

Russ


At 03:46 AM 2/23/99 +0000, Peter Gutmann wrote:
>>>Within the body of CMS 10 ContentInfo is defined as : -
>>>
>>>ContentInfo ::= SEQUENCE {
>>>        contentType ContentType,
>>>        content [0] EXPLICIT ANY DEFINED BY contentType }
>>>
>>>However, in the appendix ContentInfo is defined as : -
>>>
>>>ContentInfo ::= SEQUENCE {
>>>     contentType ContentType,
>>>     content [0] EXPLICIT ANY DEFINED BY contentType OPTIONAL }
>>>
>>>I assume the one within the body (i.e. content not optional) is correct.
> 
>>I assume that content is not optional
> 
>The content is optional.  Think about how detached sigs work.
> 
>Peter.
>