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Re: PEM standards status

1995-12-26 23:13:00
On Fri, 22 Dec 1995, Stephen Kent wrote:

Don,

Since classic PEM operates in a vanilla RFC 822 environment (though it
could be extended for MIME), and since MOSS requires a MIME environment, it
is not quite accurate to suggest that the two standards overlap.  So, to

I meant overlapping detailed functionality, not direct interoperatability.

the extent that someone wants to clarify or extend classic PEM, it would
not seem to be a case of overlapping standards, though I personally am not

Yes it would, in the sense that I meant overlapping standards.  And while 
it is entirely my persion opinion, since I am not on the IESG, I believe the
IESG would need quite substantial reasons to re-open a PEM working group.

advocating such activity.

Steve

Donald
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