Re: [TSP] PKIStatus constants clarification

[tho <thomas.fossati@xxxxxx>]

Peter, 

On Fri, Dec 20, 2002 at 03:18:39PM +1300, Peter Gutmann wrote:
> >Could someone give me some hints on how to interpret the following codes:
> 
> RC 3161 contains assorted things pulled in via cut & paste from RFC 2510.
> 
> Some of the cutting and pasting hasn't been totally successful.
> 
> >I don't understand the rationale for the Socket Based Protocol,
> 
> There isn't one.  It's another cut & paste from 2510.
> 
> (Actually it's not really a cut & paste, it's a partial cut & paste, with
>  enough left out that it doesn't serve any purpose except to complicate
>  implementations.  

Exactly.

> Just use HTTP transport instead).

I do HTTP, as well a minimized version of the Socket Based Protocol, i.e.:
client sends tsaMsg and the TSA responds with a finalMsgRep. That's all,
no other code (partialMsgRep and friends) is allowed. 

But since these strange codes actually stay in the spec, I'd like to know 
what they are for. 

And if there is no reason/rationale for them to exist, or if the rationale 
is no longer valid, I'd just like the spec being purged.  Am I asking too 
much ?


Thomas