New Internet-Draft available from the IETF PKI Working Group

[Marjorie Simmons <lawyer () USIT NET>]

"The responsibilities in a PKI are to assert the validity
  of signed documents, public key certificates, and the
  possession or existence of data."

Document:       Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Data
                Validation and Certification Server Protocols
Auth:           Adams, Sylvester, Zolotarev, Zuccherato
File:           http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-pkix-dcs-07.txt
Pages:          48
Date:           Oct 5, 2000

This document describes a general Data Validation and
Certification Server (DVCS) and protocols used in
communicating with it.
  - Certification of Possession of Data (cpd),
  - Certification of Claim of Possession of Data (ccpd),
  - Validation of Digitally Signed Document (vsd), and
  - Validation of Public Key Certificates (vpkc)."

"The Data Validation and Certification Server is a Trusted
Third Party (TTP) that can be used as one component in
building reliable non-repudiation services."

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lawyer () usit net
http://www.carpereslegalis.com

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