[smime] Fwd: RFC 6025 on ASN.1 Translation
Paul Hoffman <paul.hoffman@vpnc.org> Sat, 30 October 2010 02:14 UTC
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Subject: [smime] Fwd: RFC 6025 on ASN.1 Translation
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Of as much interest here as on PKIX. --Paul Hoffman >A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. > > > RFC 6025 > > Title: ASN.1 Translation > Author: C. Wallace, C. Gardiner > Status: Informational > Stream: IETF > Date: October 2010 > Mailbox: cwallace@cygnacom.com, > gardiner@bbn.com > Pages: 19 > Characters: 39221 > Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None > > I-D Tag: draft-ietf-pkix-asn1-translation-03.txt > > URL: http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6025.txt > >Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1) is widely used throughout the >IETF Security Area and has been for many years. Some specifications >were written using a now deprecated version of ASN.1 and some were >written using the current version of ASN.1. Not all ASN.1 compilers >support both older and current syntax. This document is intended to >provide guidance to specification authors and to implementers >converting ASN.1 modules from one version of ASN.1 to another version >without causing changes to the "bits on the wire". This document >does not provide a comprehensive tutorial of any version of ASN.1. >Instead, it addresses ASN.1 features that are used in IETF Security >Area specifications with a focus on items that vary with the ASN.1 >version. This document is not an Internet Standards Track >specification; it is published for informational purposes. > >This document is a product of the Public-Key Infrastructure (X.509) Working Group of the IETF. > > >INFORMATIONAL: This memo provides information for the Internet community. >It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of >this memo is unlimited. >
- [smime] Fwd: RFC 6025 on ASN.1 Translation Paul Hoffman