Re: Problems with MSP
Donald E. Eastlake 3rd (dee@cybercash.com)
Tue, 20 Feb 1996 10:21:28 -0500 (EST)
The currently exists an IETF receipts Working Group. URL for their
charter is
http://www.ietf.cnri.reston.va.us/html.charters/receipt-charter.html
Unfortunately I have not had the time to follow that group but I'll cc
them on this message...
Donald
On Mon, 19 Feb 1996, Housley, Russ wrote:
> Date: Mon, 19 Feb 96 17:31:25
> From: Housley, Russ <housley@spyrus.com>
> To: Raph Levien <raph@c2.org>
> Cc: resolving-security@imc.org
> Subject: Re: Problems with MSP
>
>
> Raph:
>
> >>>I agree that MSP's signed receipt type is valuable, but see no reason
> >>>why it can't be implemented as, say, a MIME receipt type which is then
> >>>signed with the standard MIME-based signature protocol. In other words,
> >>>I see nothing inherent in MSP that enables this feature.
> >>
> >>I'm glad that we agree about the benefits of signed receipts. You do not
> >>include sufficient detail in your MIME receipt description for me to really
> >>comment, but it is very important to include cryptographic binding between
> >>the original message and the receipt. Non-repudiation with proof of
> >>delivery cannot be provided without such a binding.
> >
> >It was not intended as a proposal, merely a comment that it could be
> >done. Isn't there an IETF working group for these kinds of extensions?
>
> I do not know of such a group. At the IETF in LA, there will be a BOF on
> Tuesday evening (the last night time slot) to discuss the MSP MIME
> encapsulation technique. As I said in a previous message, I will post the
> Internet-Draft soon. It will also be available in the usual places that
> Internet-Drafts are posted.
>
> Russ
>
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