Re: Issues with S/MIME Message Specification

Paul Hoffman / IMC <phoffman@imc.org> Tue, 18 May 1999 21:10 UTC

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Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 13:13:38 -0700
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From: Paul Hoffman / IMC <phoffman@imc.org>
Subject: Re: Issues with S/MIME Message Specification
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At 12:34 PM 5/18/99 -0600, Robert R. Jueneman wrote:
>I sincerely regret not having had sufficient time to review the S/MIME v3
>specs in detail during last call and prior to their moving to Proposed
>Standard, but I believe that there are several changes that absolutely
>must be made before they can progress to final Standard.

The issues you bring up here were not changed in the last call drafts. The 
location of the requirements for algorithms has been the same for over a 
year. I believe that it is inappropriate for you to object to the RFC 
Editor at this very late date.

The step after they become Proposed Standards is to possibly become Draft 
Standards, not "final Standard". There will be plenty of time to discuss 
your issues in the Working Group in the interim.



--Paul Hoffman, Director
--Internet Mail Consortium