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Re(2): Comments on the Cryptographic Message Syntax

1997-11-20 10:41:52
CER would require the addition
of a flag or the assignment for additonal OIDs to distinguish CER from DER.

The OID for a signature algorithm specifies whether the algorithm
is applied to the CER encoding or to the DER encoding. For older
definitions where this is not specified, assume DER.

Jim