Re: [Spasm] certspec work (draft-seantek-certspec-06.txt)

[Stephen Farrell <[e-mail]>]

Sean,

On 08/06/16 17:28, Sean Leonard wrote:
> Hello SPASM:
> 
> I would like to propose "certspec" as a work item for this WG, and that
> it be considered in-scope as we debate the WG's scope.
> 
> certspec is a string specification for certificates. It allows protocols
> and systems to identify a certificate in a textual form, and is designed
> with human usability in mind (specifically, copy-and-paste operations).
> 
> Previous versions of this draft tried to define certspec as a URN, and
> then as a series of URI schemes. Those approaches were not successful.
> This draft just calls it a string. You can look at the diffs
> (particularly the diff between 04 and 05) to see the differences.
> 
> Thanks to Russ Housley for feedback on the most recent versions of this
> draft.

If there's a bunch of folks saying they'd implement and deploy
that'd be good. Absent that, see earlier charter discussion.

Cheers,
S.

> 
> Regards,
> 
> Sean
> 
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject:     New Version Notification for draft-seantek-certspec-06.txt
> Date:     Wed, 08 Jun 2016 09:16:29 -0700
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> 
> 
> A new version of I-D, draft-seantek-certspec-06.txt
> has been successfully submitted by Sean Leonard and posted to the
> IETF repository.
> 
> Name:        draft-seantek-certspec
> Revision:    06
> Title:        String Specification for Certificates
> Document date:    2016-06-08
> Group:        Individual Submission
> Pages:        27
> URL:           
> https://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-seantek-certspec-06.txt
> Status:         https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-seantek-certspec/
> Htmlized:       https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-seantek-certspec-06
> Diff:           https://www.ietf.org/rfcdiff?url2=draft-seantek-certspec-06
> 
> Abstract:
>    Digital certificates are used in many systems and protocols to
>    identify and authenticate parties.  This document describes a string
>    format that identifies certificates, along with optional attributes.
>    This string format has been engineered to work without re-encoding in
>    a variety of protocol slots.
> 
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