RE: Comments To ESS-00

All,

I agree with Scott's recommendations.

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John Pawling   
jsp(_at_)jgvandyke(_dot_)com                             
J.G. Van Dyke & Associates, Inc.           
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At 12:05 PM 11/5/97 PST, Scott Hollenbeck wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From:  John Pawling [SMTP:jsp(_at_)jgvandyke(_dot_)com]
> Sent:  Wednesday, November 05, 1997 2:51 PM
> To:    Scott Hollenbeck; 'IETF S/MIME'
> Subject:       Re: Comments To ESS-00
>
> All,
>
> I agree with all of Scott's comments, except that I strongly believe that
> the ContentIdentifier and EncapsulatedContentType attributes must be allowed
> to be used as attributes included in the authenticatedAttributes of a
> SignerInfo.  They are required to replicate the MSP signedContentIdentifier
> and encapsulatedContentType fields included in the MSP SignatureBlock
> SignatureInformation.  They are most useful in SignerInfos that do not
> request signed receipts.  I agree with Scott's comments that OIDs must be
> defined for these attributes.
>
> [SAH]  OK, now I recall where they came from.  That being the case,
> ContentIdentifier needs to be defined.  How about this:
>
> ContentIdentifier ::= OCTET STRING
>
> Then, the following should happen:
>
> Section 1.3.4
> Change ContentIdentifier to contentIdentifier and EncapsulatedContentType
> to encapsulatedContentType to reference the to-be-defined OIDs.
>
> Section 2.8
> Change the definition of signedContentIdentifier from OCTET STRING to
> ContentIdentifier.
>
> I think that closes the loop.
>
> Scott