Hi-
I have a doubt with GET ATTRIBUTES operation. Please help me
understand the same.
Will GET ATTRIBUTES operation returns NAME attribute when
queried? I have checked with IBM, HP and Cryptsoft servers, all are not
returning NAME attribute though request specifies NAME attribute in it.
Thanking You.
Trinath Somanchi,
trinath.somanchi@freescale.com
From: Mathias
Bjoerkqvist1 [mailto:MBJ@zurich.ibm.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 5:05 PM
To: Somanchi Trinath-B22327
Cc: kmip@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: RE: FW: [kmip] KMIP :: Doubts
Hi Trinath,
>
> I have doubt at this point.
>
> “ It is not okay to send UUID.
You can obtain the Name(s) for the Template
> with a given UUID using Get Attribute, and then use this Name to refer
to
> the Template in Register, Create etc. operations.”
>
> Since name attribute has instances too,
then a template can have
> multiple names.. and same names get repeated for other templates cn
> be a possibility. In that case UUID of template will be a helpful one.
>
Templates can indeed have multiple instances
of the Name attribute. You
can use to any of these Names when referring
to the Template in Create,
Register etc. operations. However, since
Names are required to be unique
within a key management domain (see Section
3.2 in the spec), a conflict
between two Templates (i.e., two Templates
having the same Name(s)) is
not possible.
Regards,
Mathias