Re: [lamps] ASN.1 module in draft-ietf-lamps-rfc5751-bis

Russ Housley <housley@vigilsec.com> Fri, 18 January 2019 16:59 UTC

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Subject: Re: [lamps] ASN.1 module in draft-ietf-lamps-rfc5751-bis
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Jim:

To keep it simple in the final stages of publication, I suggest that the ASN.1 module stay as it is, but add an additional Note at the from of Appendix A:

   Note: An equivalent ASN.1 module that uses the 2002 version of ASN.1
   is available in [RFC5911].

Russ

> On Jan 17, 2019, at 10:01 PM, Jim Schaad <ietf@augustcellars.com> wrote:
> 
> I don't remember that I ever raised the issue while dealing with updates to
> this document, however one question is should we have updated the ASN.1
> module from the current 1988 module to one which is derived from RFC 5911
> which is using current ASN.1.
> 
> We are currently in AUTH48 so this is the last chance to update this is
> desired.
> 
> Jim