Re: Error in draft-ietf-smime-escertid-06.txt

Denis Pinkas wrote:
> whereas it should be:
>
>     ESSCertIDv2 ::=  SEQUENCE {
>             hashAlgorithm           AlgorithmIdentifier
>                    DEFAULT {algorithm id-sha256 },
>             certHash                 Hash,
>             issuerSerial             IssuerSerial OPTIONAL
>         }
Out of curiosity, what purpose does a DEFAULT value have for a 
non-OPTIONAL element?
Blake
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