RE: Small comments on pss-01

"Jim Schaad" <jimsch@nwlink.com> Thu, 01 May 2003 21:48 UTC

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From: Jim Schaad <jimsch@nwlink.com>
To: 'Blake Ramsdell' <blake@brutesquadlabs.com>, ietf-smime@imc.org
Subject: RE: Small comments on pss-01
Date: Thu, 01 May 2003 14:30:38 -0700
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Blake,

We are still using the X.208/X.209 references for ASN.1/BER since we
have never gone beyond using 1988 syntax.  (Note that the DER reference
is either X509-88 or X.660.)

jim

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ietf-smime@mail.imc.org 
> [mailto:owner-ietf-smime@mail.imc.org] On Behalf Of Blake Ramsdell
> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 12:57 PM
> To: 'Jim Schaad'; ietf-smime@imc.org
> Subject: Small comments on pss-01
> 
> 
> 
> In pss-01, I believe that draft-jonsson-pkcs1-v2dot1-00.txt 
> has been released as RFC3447, so the reference "P1v2.1" 
> probably needs updating.
> 
> Also, the SHA2 normative reference is not used -- it may need 
> to be moved to Informational References or removed completely.
> 
> I remember some discussion about this at one point, but are 
> we using X.208 and X.209 for references to ASN.1 / BER / DER 
> instead of X.680 and X.690?  If not, then these may need updating.
> 
> Blake
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>