Re: [ebxml-cppa] isConfidential

[Tony Weida <rweida@hotmail.com>]

The isConfidential attribute has four potential values: "none", "transient",
"persistent", and "transient-and-persistent".  The cited text applies to the
persistent cases.  Sorry for omitting the qualification.  THe motivation is
to address the case of confidential exchange between applications, not
merely MSHs.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Ferris" <chris.ferris@sun.com>
To: "Tony Weida" <rweida@hotmail.com>
Cc: "CPPA" <ebxml-cppa@lists.oasis-open.org>
Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 2:09 PM
Subject: Re: [ebxml-cppa] isConfidential


> Why would persistence (I assume on some media) be a
> consideration? True, the confidentiality is "persistent",
> but persistent only to the degree that the feature is
> not a function of the transfer or transport mechanism
> but of the message itself.
>
> Tony Weida wrote:
>
> > Here's the text we arrived at during the last call to characterize
> > isConfidential:
> >
> >
> >
> >     "...persisted locally in encrypted form, and made available to the
> >     application in accordance with local security policies implemented
> >     to preserve confidentiality."
> >
> >
> >
> > Tony
> >
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