Re: [IETF-PKIX] New Notary Protocol Draft

[Robert Zuccherato <robert.zuccherato@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Stephen;

My apologies on these typos.  My global search and replace skills need
some work, I guess.:-)

Both of the mentioned MAY's should be REQUIRED's.

        Robert.

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>From:  Stephen P. Wilson[SMTP:s.wilson@ERIS.DERA.GOV.UK]
>Sent:  Tuesday, March 10, 1998 11:16 AM
>To:    IETF-PKIX@LISTS.TANDEM.COM
>Subject:       Re: [IETF-PKIX] New Notary Protocol Draft
>
>Robert Zuccherato wrote:
>>
>> 2. Requirements of the Notary Authority
>>
>> The Notary Authority is MAY to:
>
>What does this mean? - should it either read "is to:" or "MAY:" ?
>
>(personally, I'd consider "is to:" as being a lot nearer "MUST" than
>"MAY" - so it does make quite a difference to the way I perceive what
>this point is saying (feel free to tell me why I'm wrong though))
>
>> 7.  Security Considerations
>>
>> This entire document discusses security considerations.
>>
>> When designing a notary service, the following considerations have
>> been identified that have an impact upon the validity or "trust" in
>> the notary token.
>>
>> 1.  The enclosed certificate is revoked or the signer's key is
>>     compromised and the corresponding certificate is revoked before
>>     the notary acts upon the request. The notary is MAY to validate
>>     appropriate information within the request before it constructs
>>     the notary token.  It is therefore mandated that the NA have
>>     access to current information regarding certificate status before
>>     it creates the token.  In this situation, the notarization process
>>     would produce an error.
>
>"is MAY to" again.
>
>Stephen.
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