Re: Countersignature Attribute1998-09-15 13:43:48
John:
Prior to getting this note, I took a stab at revisions to the same section of text. I do not know how S/MIME v2 implementations handle countersignatures, but I took the opposite approach that you did. I was trying to ensure that current implemntations would all conform. Here is what I wrote:
At 11:56 AM 9/15/98 -0400, John Pawling wrote: >Peter (and friends), > >I agree with your recommendation. This results in a change to my comment to >CMS-06 to read as follows: > >5) Sec 11.4, Countersignature: Please change as follows: > >OLD: "A countersignature attribute can have multiple attribute values." > >NEW: "The UnsignedAttributes syntax is defined as a SET OF Attribute. >The UnsignedAttributes in a signerInfo MUST NOT include multiple >instances of the countersignature attribute. The Attribute syntax defines >attrValues as a SET OF AttributeValue. A countersignature attribute >MAY include one or more instances of AttributeValue. There MUST NOT >be zero instances of AttributeValue present in the attrValues SET >OF AttributeValue." > >Does anybody disagree with this recommendation??? > >- John Pawling >
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