Re: [therightkey] [pkix] Proposal for working on PKIX revocation open issues

Stephen Farrell <stephen.farrell@cs.tcd.ie> Sat, 15 November 2014 01:47 UTC

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Subject: Re: [therightkey] [pkix] Proposal for working on PKIX revocation open issues
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Thanks Max,

On 15/11/14 01:42, Dr. Massimiliano Pala wrote:
> 
> Because of these considerations, I am proposing to start a conversation
> - for now, Stephen and Kathleen suggested we use (or "abuse") the "The
> Right Key" mailing list to see if there might be enough interest in the
> work from implementers to address these issues. I know that we (OpenCA)
> are interested in implementing these features, and we would like that
> the work would be standardized.

Just to re-iterate: if some good approaches for revocation of X.509
certificates emerge from this discussion that appear likely to get
implemented usefully then Kathleen and I will be happy to try help
form a wg or whatever is needed to develop the work.

Cheers,
S.