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

Adding such a requirement seems sensible, but is perhaps a tad more
than an erratum, so I'd prefer if implementers say they agree with
this change before it gets made, since I guess its possible someone
does something slightly different.

Having said that, I'm not sure what the W3C process is for deciding
that an erratum is approved or not. (Jose - do you just decide?)

Stephen.

Manger, James H wrote:
> 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.
> 
> XMKS 2.0 uses the following text as DNs in paragraphs 186, 243, 246 & 252:
> 
>   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:
> 
>   CN=Bob,O=CryptoGuys Ltd.,C=UK
>   CN=Alice Aardvark,O=Alice Corp,C=US
>   CN=Bob Baker,O=Bob Corp,C=UK
> 
> 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.

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