- From: Glenn Adams <gadams@vgi.com>
- Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 11:18:16 -0500
- To: <kgold@watson.ibm.com>
- Cc: <w3c-ietf-xmldsig@w3.org>
> Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2001 15:30:22 -0500 > Message-Id: <200103092030.PAA35236@alpha.watson.ibm.com> > From: Ken Goldman <kgold@watson.ibm.com> > To: w3c-ietf-xmldsig@w3.org > Subject: X509SerialNumber schema ... > Assuming that (1) is right - If I have an X509SerialNumber from a > certificate that is a long string of bits (Tom Ginden mentioned back on > July that some certificates use a hash value of 160 bits) doesn't the > binary to decimal conversion become computationally painful. Are you certain this hash is used for CertificateSerialNumber as opposed to using it for SubjectKeyIdentifier? RFC2459 Section 4.2.1.2 describes such a hash to be used for SubectKeyIdentifier. Regards, Glenn Adams
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