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tagged CHOICEs in CRMF ASN.1

To: ietf-pkix@xxxxxxx
Subject: tagged CHOICEs in CRMF ASN.1
From: James Nicolson <nicolson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 08 Dec 1998 11:46:14 -0800
Cc: javi@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Organization: Netscape Communications
Sender: owner-ietf-pkix@xxxxxxx

Several  places in the CRMF ASN.1 have tagged CHOICEs: Names in
CertTemplate, Times in OptionalValidity, POPOPrivKey in
ProofOfPossession, GeneralName in POPOSigningKeyInput, EncryptedKey in
PKIArchiveOptions.  Although the CRMF definition indicates a default of
IMPLICIT tagging,  ASN.1 dictates that a CHOICE is always EXPLICITly
tagged regardless of the default.  In order to remove a source of
possible confusion, could these tags be labeled EXPLICIT, even though
technically it is redundant?

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James Nicolson                             Member of Technical Staff
nicolson@netscape.com          Certificate Server and Security Tools

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