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Re: [widgets-digsig] Comment on use of X.509 v3

From: Thomas Roessler <tlr@w3.org>
Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 11:23:33 +0200
To: olli.immonen@nokia.com
Cc: hlockhar@bea.com, marcosscaceres@gmail.com, public-appformats@w3.org, member-xmlsec-maintwg-request@w3.org
Message-ID: <20080402092333.GS150@iCoaster.does-not-exist.org>

On 2008-04-02 10:32:39 +0300, olli.immonen@nokia.com wrote:

> RFC3280 (a profile of X.509) states a bit more exactly which version
> numbers to use:

...

> So, stating conformance to [X509v3] does not imply that that only v3
> would be allowed. 

Thanks for clarifying this.

A related question: Is there any reason to ask for conformance to
X509v3 directly, as opposed to asking for conformance with RFC 3280?

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Thomas Roessler, W3C  <tlr@w3.org>
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