Re: draft-ietf-pkix-rfc2511bis-00.txt: Declaration of Name

[Ari Kermaier <arik@xxxxxxxxx>]

See RFC 2459 Section 4.1.2.4 Issuer.

::Ari

> HI!
>
> I'm reviewing draft-ietf-pkix-rfc2511bis-00.txt.
> I stumbled across declaration of CertTemplate:
>
> CertTemplate ::= SEQUENCE {
> [..]
>     issuer       [3] Name                  OPTIONAL,
> [..]
>     subject      [5] Name                  OPTIONAL,
> [..]
>
> But I did not find a declaration of the form
>
> Name ::=
>
> Although I found the declaration
>
>       issuerName  ::= <names>
>       subjectName ::= <names>
>
> in appendix B.1.1. Could you tell me why the declaration of "Name"
> is missing or where I am supposed to find it?
>
> Ciao, Michael.