Re: Correct definition of ContentInfo in CMS-10

Peter:

Thanks for pointing out the error in the Appendix.  You are correct,
content is NOT OPTIONAL.

Russ


At 03:46 AM 2/23/99 +0000, Peter Gutmann wrote:
> > > Within the body of CMS 10 ContentInfo is defined as : -
> > >
> > > ContentInfo ::= SEQUENCE {
> > >        contentType ContentType,
> > >        content [0] EXPLICIT ANY DEFINED BY contentType }
> > >
> > > However, in the appendix ContentInfo is defined as : -
> > >
> > > ContentInfo ::= SEQUENCE {
> > >     contentType ContentType,
> > >     content [0] EXPLICIT ANY DEFINED BY contentType OPTIONAL }
> > >
> > > I assume the one within the body (i.e. content not optional) is correct.
> > I assume that content is not optional
> The content is optional.  Think about how detached sigs work.
>
> Peter.