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Re: [therightkey] How many documents?

Paul Hoffman <paul.hoffman@vpnc.org> Mon, 29 October 2012 19:18 UTC

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On Oct 26, 2012, at 9:16 AM, Stephen Farrell <stephen.farrell@cs.tcd.ie> wrote:

> Assuming for the moment that we do go ahead and
> standardise CT, how many documents (RFCs) ought be
> used to document that?

1. It needs to be written so that both CAs and browser vendors can read it, but that's the only requirement. Extra points for a generally-readable summary and maybe an appendix for the layperson, but the definition of the scheme can live in a single document.

--Paul Hoffman

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