The IESG has received a request from an individual submitter to consider
the following document:
- 'Textual Encodings of PKIX, PKCS, and CMS Structures'
<draft-josefsson-pkix-textual-07.txt> as Proposed Standard
The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits
final comments on this action. Please send substantive comments to the
ietf@ietf.org mailing lists by 2014-12-01. Exceptionally, comments may be
sent to iesg@ietf.org instead. In either case, please retain the
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Abstract
This document describes and discusses the textual encodings of the
Public-Key Infrastructure X.509 (PKIX), Public-Key Cryptography
Standards (PKCS), and Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS). The
textual encodings are well-known, are implemented by several
applications and libraries, and are widely deployed. This document
is intended to articulate the de-facto rules that existing
implementations operate by, and to give recommendations that will
promote interoperability.
Other Issues
The draft makes two downward references:
- RFC 2315: PKCS #7: Cryptographic Message Syntax Version 1.5
- RFC 2986: PKCS #10: Certification Request Syntax Specification Version 1.7
Both are already in the DownRef registry.
There is a normative reference to RFC 5208, which is obsolete. Will fix in -08
The file can be obtained via
http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-josefsson-pkix-textual/
IESG discussion can be tracked via
http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-josefsson-pkix-textual/ballot/
No IPR declarations have been submitted directly on this I-D.
