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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