Sipos, Brian J. <[email protected]> wrote: > Is it expected that the term "PKIX" will exclusively refer to X.509 as > defined in RFC 5280? Or will PKIX be an umbrella term to include C509 as an > equivalent encoding of the same information model? Possibly "public key > certificate" is a better general purpose term, though a little more narrow > in scope (a single credential) than what PKIX would imply (the whole PKI).
I have complained about the terminology multiple times, apparently without
any progress. I find __C509__ to be ambiguous, and gives out the wrong credit.
I prefer:
1. CBOR-compressed PKIX(5280) certificate.
-and-
2. CBOR-native-encoded certificate.
(Yes, it uses RFC5280 semantics, but it's a new ecosystem)
If we had to make up TLAs, I'd use something like CCPC (#1), and CNEC.
{Noting the similarity to CCCP (old Soviet union), maybe some Russian speaker
has a good inside joke. My whimsy in this area is noted, often disliked.}
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Michael Richardson <[email protected]> . o O ( IPv6 IøT consulting )
Sandelman Software Works Inc, Ottawa and Worldwide
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