How many times do I have to say it? It is really simple: I SUPPORT UPGRADING
THE PEM CERTIFICATION INFRASTRUCTURE TO V3 CERTIFICATES. I SUPPORT REQUIRING
IMPLEMENTATION OF V3 CERTIFICATE FORMATS.
This is at least the tenth time I have said this, yet people seem to think I
have taken the opposite position. How many times does it take to make my
position on this clear?!?
perhaps as an upgrade or revison to PEM/MIME even (if and) as
it progresses, then perhaps revising the spec in two steps makes more sense.
Ned!
Chill!
At least read past the comma. My only question was WHEN best to introduce the
changes. You've indicated you didn't want to hold up progresing PEM/MIME to
standards track in order to include this, and I can understand why. Assuming
that, I was merely asking how and when to make the change -- during the
Proposed Standard phase as a revision, or at some checkpoint? What is your
recommendation?
I doubt that you or the other implementors are holding your breath waiting for
the standard to be progressed, so it is germane to ask what your (collective)
internal development cycles might be, when such changes could best be
accommodated, and what the effect would be on the subsequent versions.
For example, are you a week away from beta testing, or six months, or a year?
When is the best time to phase this in, and what kind of interoperability
problems are we likely to face if we do this deliberately rather than under
forced draft?
Bob
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