Registration of MIME media type .pss

[Martin Duerst]

At 06:45 05/01/21, Chris Lilley wrote:
 >(same comments on the application/.ecc registration)
 >
 >On Thursday, December 9, 2004, 10:07:45 PM, Tony wrote:

 >TM>      Security considerations: none
 >
 >This is unlikely. Some indication should be given of why this data is
 >harmless. This is particularly the case in the absence of a published
 >specification.

Yes, and in addition particularly when looking at the applications
that use this type:

 >TM>      Applications which use this media type: Essential Security
 >TM> Software product, Essential Security Suite and Ecrypt-it. Contains
 >TM> encrypted information.

 >TM>
 >TM>      Interoperability considerations: none
 >TM>
 >TM>      Published specification: The specifications for this
 >TM> content type are proprietary. They are specified by Essential
 >TM> Security Software, Inc.
 >
 >In that case, would a vendor tree registration not be more appropriate?
 >
 >application/vnd.ess.pss
 >(note - not application/vnd..ess.pss )
 >
 >and similarly
 >
 >application/vnd.ess.ecc

Yes indeed.


Regards,    Martin.