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Subject: RE: [security-services] Editorial comment (or issue?) on core-31
I agree that this appears to be a clear cut&paste error and one we would have corrected via an errata sheet after the specs are published. I would like to have the committee confirm this tomorrow to be an editorial change rather than a normative change. - joe > -----Original Message----- > From: Eve L. Maler [mailto:eve.maler@sun.com] > Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 3:15 PM > Cc: security-services@lists.oasis-open.org > Subject: Re: [security-services] Editorial comment (or issue?) on > core-31 > > > I consider this a pretty obvious editorial error that most readers of > the spec would ultimately catch. I have no problem with our > fixing it... > > Eve > > Philpott, Robert wrote: > > I just noticed this one a few minutes ago... > > > > Line 1262 of core-31 says the IssueInstant of a RESPONSE is > the "time > > instant of issue of the REQUEST". I really do believe this > is a cut and > > paste error and should really be the "time issue instant of the > > response". It really does change the normative meaning of the > > definition so it's not quite just an editorial change. > > > > What harm will occur if this is left as-is for V1.0? As > far as I can > > recall, we specify no processing requirements in the spec for the > > IssueInstant. If that's the case, then there probably is > no harm in > > leaving it and fixing it in V1.1. > > > > But if an authority uses the response creation time, then and some > > relying party incorrectly assumes that it is supposed to be > the response > > instant of the corresponding request, then it might decide > to reject the > > response because of a mismatch. > > > > Thoughts? > > > -- > Eve Maler +1 781 442 3190 > Sun Microsystems XML Technology Center eve.maler @ sun.com > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > To subscribe or unsubscribe from this elist use the subscription > manager: <http://lists.oasis-open.org/ob/adm.pl> >
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