Re: XKMS 2: errata: X.509 DNs not in RFC 2253 format

Jose Kahan wrote:
> Hi folks,
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> I'm at a loss at evaluating whether the following two erratas have been accepted
> or not.
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> Thanks for your help,
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> -jose
> 
> On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 10:19:52AM +1000, Manger, James H wrote:
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> Errata 1:
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>>XML-Signature formats X.509 distinguished names (DNs) according to RFC 2253 "LDAP (v3): UTF-8 representation of distinguished names".  XKMS should use the same format.
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>>XMKS 2.0 uses the following text as DNs in paragraphs 186, 243, 246 & 252:
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>>  C="UK" O="CryptoGuys Ltd." CN="Bob"
>>  C="US" O="Alice Corp" CN="Alice Aardvark"
>>  C="UK" O="Bob Corp" CN="Bob Baker"
>>
>>The text for these DNs should be:
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>>  CN=Bob,O=CryptoGuys Ltd.,C=UK
>>  CN=Alice Aardvark,O=Alice Corp,C=US
>>  CN=Bob Baker,O=Bob Corp,C=UK

Looks like a fine change to me.

> Errata 2:
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>>XKMS should explicitly state that the RFC 2253 is the format used for the <UseKeyWith> Identifier attribute (when the Application attribute is urn:ietf:rfc:2459).  Paragraph 186 in section 5.1.3 "Element <UseKeyWith>" is the appropriate place.
>>

As does that.

S.

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