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Re: encoding: SPKI vs. SDSI
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At 10:33 AM 3/9/97 +0000, Frank O'Dwyer wrote:
>Really, the attributes are the important thing. It would
>be nice to have an easy encoding, but less people will
>be affected by that than by the choice of attributes
>and by the basic stance of the PK infrastructure.
Without meaningful <auth> fields, it's pointless to use certificates in the
first place (e.g., old style ID certs). So, yes, the attributes are
critically important.
However, I believe it is vitally important, not just for certificates as a
cause, but also for any IETF effort, that what we come up with is friendly
to the lone developer in his garage and not something where a large
corporation with a large budget has too much advantage. Therefore, I would
argue strongly against any encoding (like BER/DER) which calls for a support
library or compiler or both.
My friends in the smart card business also argue against those libraries,
but on different grounds.
- Carl
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