application/pkcs8

[Sean Turner]

Bjoern Hoehrmann wrote:
> * Sean Turner wrote:
>> 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
> 
> These lines are not supposed to be in the RFC.

I'll remove them.

>>       Type name: application
>>
>>       Subtype name: pkcs8
>>
>>       Required parameters: None
>>
>>       Optional parameters: None
>>
>>       Encoding considerations: binary
>>
>>       Security considerations: Carries a cryptographic private key
> 
> This should probably reference the Security considerations section.

I'll add this.

>>       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
> 
> See my comment on the application/pkcs10 template.

Would something like "Applications that process asymmetric keys" suffice?

Cheers,

spt