application/pkcs10

Sean Turner turners at ieca.com
Thu Apr 22 17:22:37 CEST 2010


Bjoern Hoehrmann wrote:
> * Sean Turner wrote:
>> Here's the actual template:
>>
>>   The media type for a PKCS#10 certification request is
>>    application/pkcs10.
>>
>>      Type name: application
>>
>>      Subtype name: pkcs10
>>
>>      Required parameters: None
>>
>>      Optional parameters: None
>>
>>      Encoding considerations:
>>
>>       This media type carries binary content and needs proper encoding
>>       for non-8bit clear transports; See Section 2.
> 
> This should just say "binary" or "binary; see section 2 for details" or
> some such, see section 4.8 of RFC 4288.

Fixed.

>>      Security considerations:
>>
>>       Clients use a certification request to request that a
>>       Certification Authority certify a public key.  The certification
>>       request is digitally signed.
> 
> (This should probably reference the Security considerations section.)

I'll add this.

>>      Interoperability considerations: See Section 2.
>>
>>      Published specification: RFC 2986
>>
>>      Applications which use this media type:
>>
>>       The content type is used with MIME-compliant transport to
>>       transfer PKCS#10 certification requests [RFC2986].
> 
> This should identify what type of applications use the media type, like,
> 3d modelling applications or word processing software.

I changed it to:

The content type is by applications that support PKCS#10 certification 
requests [RFC2986].

>>      Additional information:
>>
>>        Magic number(s): None
>>        File extension(s): .p10
>>        Macintosh File Type Code(s):
>>
>>      Person & email address to contact for further information:
>>        Sean Turner
>>        turners at ieca.com
> 
> The syntax should be "Sean Turner <turners at ieca.com>".

Fixed.

>>      Restrictions on usage: none
>>
>>      Author:
>>        Sean Turner <turners at ieca.com>
>>
>>      Intended usage: COMMON
>>
>>      Change controller:
>>            The IESG <iesg at ietf.org>
> 
> (It is uncommon to cite the IESG's email address here)

Fixed.


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