[SPKM] DName canonicalization rules in draft-adamson-rfc2847-bis

Martin Rex <martin.rex@sap.com> Mon, 06 November 2006 20:08 UTC

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The canonicalization rules in draft-adamson-rfc2847-bis-01.txt currently
says

   2.5.1.4  Exported Name Object Form

   -- DirectoryString attribute values of type PrintableString and
      UTF8String are not in hexadecimal format

   -- DirectoryString attribute values of types other than
      PrintableString and UTF8String are output in hexadecimal format

What about IA5String?  I don't think that IA5String has ever been
(ab)used in a controversial fashion, and since it is a subset of
UTF8String, I would prefer to see then NOT hexencoded as well.

-Martin

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