Re: [Trans] [trans] #70 (rfc6962-bis): STH spec needs to define top-level extension syntax

Stephen Kent <kent@bbn.com> Mon, 06 July 2015 18:34 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Trans] [trans] #70 (rfc6962-bis): STH spec needs to define top-level extension syntax
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without a top-level format for SCT extensions, the current spec is 
incomplete, i.e.,
it includes a named data structure with no spec for the content of the 
structure.

I'll send some suggested text.

> #70: STH spec needs to define top-level extension syntax
>
>
> Comment (bybenl@google.com):
>
>   It was our view that we did not need to specify the format until the first
>   extension was defined.
>
>   However, happy to consider proposed text.
>