Subject: Re: [Last-Call] [COSE] Last Call: <draft-ietf-cose-x509-08.txt> (CBOR Object Signing and Encryption (COSE): Header parameters for carrying and referencing X.509 certificates) to Proposed Standard

From: Russ Housley <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2020 13:15:30 -0500

I reviewed the document, and I think it is ready for publication as a standards-track document.

Nit: In several places: s/DER encoded certificate/DER-encoded certificate/

Russ

> On Dec 15, 2020, at 3:53 PM, The IESG <[email-masked]> wrote:
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> The IESG has received a request from the CBOR Object Signing and Encryption
> WG (cose) to consider the following document: - 'CBOR Object Signing and
> Encryption (COSE): Header parameters for
>   carrying and referencing X.509 certificates'
>  <draft-ietf-cose-x509-08.txt> as Proposed Standard
> 
> This document went through Last Call in September as an Informational
> document.  During IESG evaluation, and in discussion with the working
> group, it was decided to recast it as Proposed Standard.  The IESG is,
> therefore, doing a second last call so that the community can weigh in
> on the change to Proposed Standard.
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> The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits final
> comments on this action. Please send substantive comments to the
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> Abstract
> 
>   The CBOR Signing And Encrypted Message (COSE) structure uses
>   references to keys in general.  For some algorithms, additional
>   properties are defined which carry parameters relating to keys as
>   needed.  The COSE Key structure is used for transporting keys outside
>   of COSE messages.  This document extends the way that keys can be
>   identified and transported by providing attributes that refer to or
>   contain X.509 certificates.
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> The file can be obtained via
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-cose-x509/
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