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Re: Draft Charter

To: Santosh Chokhani <chokhani@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Draft Charter
From: Jon Callas <jon@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:52:36 -0700
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On Aug 10, 2007, at 12:39 PM, Santosh Chokhani wrote:

What is X.509 specific?
The term certificate or certification path or both. Will PGP andothers
not have a chain of keys/certificates?

I presume you mean OpenPGP. PGP is software, and it is software thatimplements X.509 as well as OpenPGP.

Are not these concepts generic and is this not time to separateconcepts
from X.509 format?


Yes.

	Jon

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References:
- Draft Charter
  - From: Turner, Sean P.
- Re: Draft Charter
  - From: Stephen Kent
- RE: Draft Charter
  - From: Santosh Chokhani
- Re: Draft Charter
  - From: Stephen Farrell
- RE: Draft Charter
  - From: Santosh Chokhani

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