application/pkcs8

[Sean Turner]

Martin,

Here's the template (I changed the POC from Cullen to me):

  To: ietf-types at iana.org

      Subject: Registration of media type application/pkcs8

       Type name: application

       Subtype name: pkcs8

       Required parameters: None

       Optional parameters: None

       Encoding considerations: binary

       Security considerations: Carries a cryptographic private key

       Interoperability considerations:

            The PKCS#8 object inside this MIME type MUST be DER-encoded
            PrivateKeyInfo.

       Published specification: --THIS SPECIFICATION--

    /** RFC EDITOR: Replace "--THIS SPECIFICATION--" with the RFC #
    assigned to this document.  **/

       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):

       Person & email address to contact for further information:

         Sean Turner <turners at ieca.com>

       Restrictions on usage: none

       Author:

         Sean Turner <turners at ieca.com>

       Intended usage: COMMON

       Change controller:

         The IESG <iesg at ietf.org>

spt

Martin J. Dürst wrote:
> If the registration template is exactly the same, I don't think a new 
> review is needed, but I might be wrong. Anyway, please send templates, 
> not only pointers, to this list. Thanks.
> 
> Regards,    Martin.
> 
> On 2010/04/10 2:02, Sean Turner wrote:
>> I believe that the application/pkcs8 media type registration was
>> reviewed by these experts previously; however, the last time it was
>> reviewed it was in http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-sip-certs. The
>> registration was moved from the sip-certs ID to an ID that updates
>> PKCS#8 (http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-turner-asymmetrickeyformat-04)
>> to keep all the PKCS#8 information in one place. Can someone confirm
>> whether or not a new review is needed? If it is, can the clock start now?
>>
>> spt
>>
>