Registration of MIME media type application/pkcs8 (possible
resubmit)
Dean Willis
dean.willis at softarmor.com
Thu Mar 8 01:05:59 CET 2007
It's possible that this has been previously brought to this list --
if so, please slap me around appropriately and point me at the
review. I was unable to locate it in the mailing list archives.
I'm working through a PROTO writeup on:
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-sip-certs-03.txt
which contains the following MIME type registration.
---------
Subject: Registration of MIME media type application/pkcs8
MIME media type name: application
MIME subtype name: pkcs8
Required parameters: None
Optional parameters: None
Encoding considerations: The PKCS#8 object inside this MIME type
MUST be DER-encoded.
This MIME type was designed for use with
protocols which can carry binary-encoded
data. Protocols which do not carry binary
data (which have line length or
character-set restrictions for example)
MUST use a reversible transfer encoding
(such as base64) to carry this MIME type.
Protocols that carry binary data SHOULD
use a transfer encoding of "binary".
Security considerations: Carries a cryptographic private key
Interoperability considerations: None
Published specification:
RSA Laboratories, "Private-Key Information Syntax Standard,
Version 1.2", PKCS 8, November 1993.
Applications which use this media type: Any MIME-compliant transport
Additional information:
Magic number(s): None
File extension(s): .p8
Macintosh File Type Code(s): none
Person & email address to contact for further information:
Cullen Jennings <fluffy at cisco.com>
Intended usage: COMMON
Author/Change controller:
the IESG
--
Dean Willis
More information about the Ietf-types
mailing list