Re: [Fwd: [emergency] Questions on ASN.1 and IPAWS Profile / CAP1.2]

[Rex Brooks <rexb@starbourne.com>]

Hi Tony,

No offense intended, but that's not a task I'm willing to take on in 
addition to the commitments I already have.

Cheers,
Rex

Tony Rutkowski wrote:
> Hi Rex,
>> USG seldom acts at this level except through specific agency 
>> recommendations or Office of Management and Budget Circulars which 
>> dictate policy, but historically haven't been vigorously enforced. 
>> However, neither recommendations or policy are likely in this case. 
>> DHS S&T might look at it, but NIEM is the body more interested in 
>> namespacing issues. Their focus is less on specifying any particular 
>> technology than including any and all technologies that may prove to 
>> be useful, economical or both.
>>
>
> The integrity and trust of a common global alerting namespace
> for parties, messages, and policies is about as important as it
> gets in a messaging architecture.  The USG - indeed NCS which
> is now part of DHS - 25 years ago was key in bringing the OID
> platform and the attendant PKI platforms into existence for these
> purposes.  Offshore and in international venues, everyone
> understands this.
>
> How do we motivate NIEM and DHS S&T?  I have some slides
> that explain the development if that would help.
>
> --tony
>
>

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