On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 7:43 PM Brian Smith <[email protected]> wrote:

> Ryan Sleevi <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>> It would be easier to understand if this is true if the proposed text
>>> cited the RFCs, like RFC 4055, that actually impose the requirements that
>>> result in the given encodings.
>>>
>>
>> Could you clarify, do you just mean adding references to each of the
>> example encodings (such as the above example, for the SPKI encoding)?
>>
>
> Exactly. That way, it is clear that the given encodings are not imposing a
> new requirement, and it would be clear which standard is being used to
> determine to correct encoding.
>

Thanks, did that in
https://github.com/sleevi/pkipolicy/commit/80da8acded63618a058d26c73db1e2438a6df9ed


>
> I realize that determining the encoding from each of these cited specs
> would require understanding more specifications, including in particular
> how ASN.1 DER requires DEFAULT values to be encoded. I would advise against
> calling out all of these details individually less people get confused by
> inevitable omissions.
>

Hopefully struck the right balance. These changes are now reflected in the
PR at https://github.com/mozilla/pkipolicy/pull/183
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