Jean-Marc Desperrier (jean-marc.desperrier@xxxxxxxxxxxx) asked a similar question in December and Ari Kermaier (arik@xxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> The PKIFailureInfo structure described in draft-ietf-pkix-rfc2510bis-02
> includes systemFailure(25) which, while not very descriptive, might fit the
> bill for hardware failure.
Denis, will you be adding systemFailure(25) to the PKIFailureInfo in the RFC version of the Time Stamping Protocol?
I agree with Jean-Marc and Ari that it would be very useful to add this additional value to the PKIFailureInfo since the latest time stamping draft currently indicates that:
"These are the only values of PKIFailureInfo that are supported. Compliant servers MUST NOT produce any other values. Compliant clients MAY ignore any other values."
By not adding systemFailure(25) during the final editing of the RFC version, this useful value could not ever be used to indicate this type of error.
Cheers,
Francois
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-----Original Message-----
From: Bernd Matthes [mailto:mainbug@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, January 15, 2001 7:33 AM
To: ietf pkix
Subject: question to time stamp draft: case of error
Hi to all!
If a time stamp token (TimeStampToken) can not produced by a server
due to an internal error, i.e. malloc() failed, which value of PKIStatus
and/or PKIFailureInfo is appropriate to send back to the client?
Or should the client get a profane "Server Error"?
Thanks in advance.
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