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Re: Embedded certificate image




Sorry, I didn't get the idea. Do you mean the CA will create those logotypes or the logotypes will be presented to CA as any other Subject related data to be included in the certificate?

M.D.

Stefan Santesson wrote:
This is data generated by the CA.

Some included elements, like logotype of the subject organization may be
provided by the applicant but the certificate image is assembled and created
by the CA.

/Stefan


On 09-07-30 8:55 PM, "Santosh Chokhani" <SChokhani@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I do not mean to intrude, but is this data being provided by the
applicant or is this something structured created by the CA or gotten by
the CA from a source that applicant does not control.

I ask because depending on the answer, this may become pre-image attack
and hence impractical.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-ietf-pkix@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-ietf-pkix@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stefan Santesson
Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 2:32 PM
To: Timothy J. Miller
Cc: ietf-pkix
Subject: Re: Embedded certificate image


So, with all things taken into account, what is your opinion
on what we should do?

Do you argue that we should ignore the feature because it may
enhance hash attacks?

/Stefan

On 09-07-30 5:32 PM, "Timothy J. Miller" <tmiller@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Stefan Santesson wrote:

However, I can't escape that it feels a bit warped if we abandon
useful features because we must design protocols to resist weak
hashes instead of making sure that we can and do use
adequate hash algorithms.
It's a risk-management decision, in the end.  The question
is, whose
risk is it?  The protocol designer's, or the end user's?

On the second point, the data in both SVG and PDF/A are
highly structured.
SVG is for example an XML based vector graphic language.
I can bury arbitrary amounts of unstructured data in both
SVG and PDF/A.
  SVG allows the same RFC2397 data URLs that you were discussing
previously, and you can embed fonts in both PDF/A (it's actually
required) and SVG.  :)

-- Tim