RE: PKIX-CMP

[Charles Moore <cmoore@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Carlisle Adams [SMTP:carlisle.adams@entrust.com]
> Sent:	Thursday, 18 September 1997 2:03
> To:	'ietf-pkix@tandem.com'
> Subject:	PKIX-CMP
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I [Charles Moore]  --deleted
>  5) Charles Moore requested hooks for extensibility in the PKIBody
> (this
> was also requested by Russ Housley in a later message to the list).
> It
> turns out that the extensibility was already there; it just wasn't
> obvious.  (The PKIInfoReqContent and PKIInfoRepContent bodies are SETs
> of {OID,value} pairs and so immediately fill the requirement.)
> [Charles Moore]  This is a different solution to what was requested.
> Your solution has fixed symantics of request and response.
> The requested extension had the ability to define the symantics of the
> operation, such as a distribution message that was not a request or
> response.
> 
>   I have
> renamed these to GenReqContent and GenRepContent to emphasize their
> general nature and have explicitly stated (see p.35) that these may be
> used to define new request and response messages for future needs or
> for
> specific environments.
> [Charles Moore]  That is good, but is not related to the requested
> change. 
> If the original request ( Russ solution is ok) could be added that
> would be great.
> 
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> Carlisle Adams
> Entrust Technologies
> cadams@entrust.com
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