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RE: SA payloads and Next payload



I would also propose this addition to the document.  Attribute
Certificates are very handy...

On Wednesday, October 08, 1997 10:40 AM, dpkemp@missi.ncsc.mil
[SMTP:dpkemp@missi.ncsc.mil] wrote:
> Doug,
> 
> I've had a request from a customer to add the capability to transmit
> X.509 Attribute Certificates within the ISAKMP Certificate payload.
> Attribute Certs allow authorization information (which may change
> frequently) to be attached to base certs (which are normally updated
> much less frequently), and they allow the authorization administrator
> to operate independently of the Certificate Authority.
> 
> Attribute Certificates are defined in the ISO/ITU X.509 standard, but
> have not yet been profiled in the PKIX document series.  There is
> support for doing so, but no one has yet volunteered to do the
> writing :-).
> 
> I propose adding the following line to the Cert Encoding field of the
> ISAKMP Certificate payload:
> 
>                 __________Certificate_Type___________Value___
>                 X.509 Certificate - Attribute         10
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Dave Kemp
> 

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