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RE: WG LAST CALL: draft-ietf-smime-rfc2633bis-07.txt

2004-03-25 21:44:30

Comments inline. Good luck finding them.

-----Original Message-----
From: Sean P. Turner [mailto:turners(_at_)ieca(_dot_)com] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 8:45 AM
To: Blake Ramsdell
Cc: ietf-smime(_at_)imc(_dot_)org
Subject: Re: WG LAST CALL: draft-ietf-smime-rfc2633bis-07.txt

Para 1.3, Certificate definition: Replace "distinguished name" with
"name" the names are not always "distinguished."

[bcr] Neat. That's not even correct either. It binds a bunch of
arbitrary things (including a picture of your cat) to a public key.
Switched to "name".

Para 1.3, Receiving agent, Sending agent, and S/MIME agent definitions:
Capitalize 1st word "software" and "user." 

[bcr] Done.

Para 2.2, Last paragraph last sentence: replace "and may not implement
id-dsa-with-sha1 at all" with "and may not implement id-dsa-with-sha1 or
id-sha at all." 

[bcr] I presume you meant "id-dsa" not "id-sha" here. Done.

Para 2.4.2, SignedData Content Type: Can we add a sentence that says
"Applying a signature to message provides authentication, message
integrity, and non-repudiation of origin."  The other content types
indicate what "services" they support or don't support.

[bcr] Done.

Para 2.4.4, 2nd sentence: Replace "This content type does not provide
authentication or privacy" with "This content type does not provide
authentication, message integrity, non-repudiation, or data
confidentiality".  Just making it match the "services" listed in the
introduction.

[bcr] Done.

Para 3.1, Steps 1-4: Add periods to end of sentences.

[bcr] Done.

Para 3.1.3, 3rd Para 2nd sentence: Replace "8-bit clear" with "8-bit
clean" to match terminology in 3.1.2 2nd paragraph 4 sentence.

[bcr] Done.

Para 3.3, Step 2, last sentence: Replace "(see CMS Section 6)" with (see
[CMS] Section 6). 

[bcr] Done.

Para 3.4.2, Steps 1&2: Add periods to end of sentences. 

[bcr] Done.

Compressed data text in 3.5 points to 3.1 but there's no mention in 3.1
of compression.  You should either add a sentence to say that in 3.1
enveloped = compression in this section or make the following changes
(or others to clarify that you also mean to refer to compression data): 
Para 3.1, Title: Replace "Signing or Enveloping" with "Signing,
Enveloping, or Compressing" because para 3.5 says perform message as in
3.1 but there's not mention of compressing in 3.1. 

[bcr] Done.

Para 3.1, 1st para 1st sentence: Replace "S/MIME is used to secure MIME
entities" with "S/MIME is used to secure and optionally compress MIME
entities."

[bcr] Done.

Para 3.1, 2nd para 1st sentence: Replace "The MIME entity that is
secured and ..." with "The MIME entity that is secured or compressed and
..." 

[bcr] Nope. We're going with "secured" here until someone comes up with
a concise word that means "signed or encrypted or compressed".

Para 3.1, 4th para 1st sentence: Replace "A single procedure is used for
creating MIME entities that are to be signed, enveloped, or both signed
and enveloped" with "A single procedure is used for creating MIME
entities that are to be signed, enveloped, compressed and both signed
and enveloped, signed and compressed, compressed and enveloped, and
compressed, signed, and enveloped, etc." (or whatever # of combinations
you feel like listing)

[bcr] A single procedure is used for creating MIME entities that are to
have any combination of signing, enveloping and compressing applied.

Para 3.1, 4th para 3rd sentence: Replace "It is recommended that these
additional steps be performed on enveloped messages, or signed and
enveloped messages" with "It is recommended that these additional steps
be performed on enveloped and compressed messages, or signed and
enveloped messages or compressed, signed and enveloped messages." 

[bcr] I'm not even sure what the spirit of this guidance is. No change
-- either suggest less awkward language or help me figure out what the
spirit of this is.

Para 3.1, 1st para after Step 3: Replace "the security services on the
message are processed" with "the security services or compression on the
message are processed" 

[bcr] See previous discussion about "secured"

Para 3.5, Step 1: Replace "to be enveloped" with "to be compressed". 

[bcr] Done.

Para 3.7, Step 3: Add period to end of sentence. 

[bcr] Done.

Annex F, Remove prior to submission to IESG (?)

[bcr] No more changes from last draft.