By the help of J.Linn and S.Kent I was able to update
my citation list of PEM literature. For those of
you who need something of the like, I send it around.
Ruediger-
Thanks for your effort to provide citations for the PEM literature. As
you know, the PEM specifications are comprised of a four part series
(along with additional documents such as the MD RFCs), and they have
been undergoing revision, with lots of interim drafts posted to
PEM-DEV and published as Internet Drafts. This makes it quite
challenging to track the current specifications. I have periodically
posted messages here to PEM-DEV to help readers *locate* the current
specifications, but it's also useful to have citations.
I have some suggestions to offer for such citations.
The original PEM specifications (i.e., RFC 1113, RFC 1114, and RFC
1115) have been moved by the IESG to "Historic Status", per a message
<9205191354(_dot_)AA28403(_at_)TIS(_dot_)COM> I forwarded to PEM-DEV on 19 May
1992.
The RFCs no longer reflect current practice and there are new
specifications currently exist. Hence, it really isn't proper to
directly refer to the current specifications as RFC 1113, RFC 1114 and
RFC 1115.
Furthermore, the new PEM specifications have been submitted as Internet
Drafts, and are targeted to be published as RFCs. However, per IESG
policy (see the Status of This Memo section of the drafts), it is not
appropriate to cite Internet Drafts other than as a "working draft" or
"work in progress."
Therefore, I'd like to suggest an alternative way to cite the current
specifications, which takes into account that the original specifications
are historic and that the current specifications are published as Internet
Drafts.
* IAB Privacy Task Force, 1989 -- 1992.
While the original specifications where developed by the Privacy Task Force,
that group is now referred to as the Privacy and Security Research Group
(PSRG) of the Internet Research Task Force (IRTF). Furthermore, the
PEM specifications are now under the control of the PEM Working Group
of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) (again, see the
Status of This Memo and/or the Acknowledgements sections of the drafts).
J. Linn:
RFC 1113 (Draft D), Part I: Message Encryption and Authentication Procedures.
23 July 1992, 52 pages.
John Linn. Privacy Enhancement for Internet Electronic Mail: Part I:
Message Encryption and Authentication Procedures. Internet Draft,
Digital Equipment Corporation, 23 July 1992. Work in progress. Will
obsolete RFC 1113.
S. Kent:
RFC 1114 (Draft H), Part II: Certificate-Based Key Management.
6 August 1992, 36 pages.
Stephen Kent. Privacy Enhancement for Internet Electronic Mail: Part
II: Certificate-Based Key Management. Internet Draft, BBN
Communications, 6 August 1992. Work in progress. Will obsolete RFC
1114.
D. Balenson:
RFC 1115 (Draft), Part III: Algorithms, Modes, and Identifiers.
April 1992, 12 pages.
David Balenson. Privacy Enhancement for Internet Electronic Mail:
Part III: Algorithms, Modes, and Identifiers. Internet Draft, Trusted
Information Systems, 3 September 1992. Work in progress. Will
obsolete RFC 1115.
B. Kaliski:
RFC [FORMS-ID], Part IV: Key Certification and Related Services.
1 September 1992, 7 pages.
B. Kaliski. Privacy Enhancement for Internet Electronic Mail: Part IV:
Key Certification and Related Services. Internet Draft, RSA
Laboratories, 1 September 1992. Work in progress.
Again, I think this form of citation, or at least something like it,
better reflects the historic status of the original specifications,
and the Internet Draft status of the current specifications. This in turn
will help clarify and alreadty confusing situation.
We're all looking forward to the point, hopefully in the not-too-distant
future, where the current specifications are published as full-fledged
RFCS!
-DB