All,
Compression is not a security service, so it should not be included in the
S/MIME specs. Developing an Internet standard for compressing data is an
issue that is related to Internet data communications, in general, not just
S/MIME. There may be folks who are not participating in the S/MIME WG that
would greatly benefit from an Internet compression standard. In summary, I
believe that this discussion should take place in a more general data
communications group, not the S/MIME WG.
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John Pawling, Director - Systems Engineering
J.G. Van Dyke & Associates, Inc.
jsp(_at_)jgvandyke(_dot_)com
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