Re: [stir] Proposal for update of erratum #6519 - ppt syntax

[Marc Petit-Huguenin <[e-mail]>]

No.

On 4/21/21 12:40 PM, Christer Holmberg wrote:
>>> I have not been able to follow the discussion in detail, but is there a reason why we simply can's say:
>>>
>>> ident-type = "ppt" EQUAL token / quoted-string
>>>
>>> ...and then add text saying that the only token characters are allowed?
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>> I believe that exceptions to ABNF should be kept to the minimal necessary.
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> My suggestion is a subset of generic-param, which is the generic syntax for the parameters.
> 
>> Few implementers read the ABNF, few implementers read normative text.  That means that only the intersection of these two sets will do the right thing.
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>> That's also why we should not deviate from the norm:  We should have used COMMA in Identity, ident-info-uri should have been a field right after signed->identity-digest (similar to name-addr).
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> Perhaps, but that is not what the issue is about.
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> Regards,
> 
> Christer
> 
> 
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>> ________________________________
>> From: Roman Shpount <[e-mail]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2021 5:20 PM
>> To: Russ Housley <[e-mail]>
>> Cc: Marc Petit-Huguenin <[e-mail]>; Christer Holmberg <[e-mail]>; IETF STIR Mail List <[e-mail]>
>> Subject: Re: [stir] Proposal for update of erratum #6519
>>
>> Hi Russ,
>>
>> The complete grammar would be:
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>>         Identity = "Identity" HCOLON signed-identity-digest SEMI
>>             ident-info *( SEMI ident-info-params )
>>         signed-identity-digest = 1*(base64url-char / ".")
>>         ident-info = "info" EQUAL ident-info-uri
>>         ident-info-uri = LAQUOT absoluteURI RAQUOT
>>         ident-info-params = ident-info-alg / ident-type /
>>             ident-info-extension
>>         ident-info-alg = "alg" EQUAL token
>>         ident-type =  "ppt" EQUAL ( token / ( LDQUOT token RDQUOT ) )
>>         ident-info-extension = generic-param
>>
>> base64url-char = ALPHA / DIGIT / "-" / "_"
>>
>> In this grammar, SEMI is defined as SEMI = SWS  ";"  SWS. This should take care of the SWS after the token.
>> _____________
>> Roman Shpount
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>>
>> On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 9:22 AM Russ Housley <[e-mail]<mailto:[e-mail]>> wrote:
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>> On Apr 19, 2021, at 9:57 PM, Roman Shpount <[e-mail]<mailto:[e-mail]>> wrote:
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>> ident-type = "ppt" EQUAL ( token / ( LDQUOT token RDQUOT ) )
>>
>> Since RDQUOT allows whitespace after the double quote, do we need to allow whitespace after token when there are no quotes?
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>>       ident-type = "ppt" EQUAL ( ( token SWS ) / ( LDQUOT token RDQUOT ) )
>>
>> Russ
>>
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