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Re: Proposed Up/Down protocol description



At 05:05 PM 23/05/2007, Robert Loomans wrote:

> BUT if the Signing Time attribute of the CMS wrapper is NOT protected by
> the CMS digital signature then my assumption is _not_ valid (!)
>
> ***Does anyone want to confirm that the digital signature of CMS covers
> the Signing Time attribute?

In RFC 3852, section 11.3:

   The signing-time attribute MUST be a signed attribute or an
   authenticated attribute; it MUST NOT be an unsigned attribute,
   unauthenticated attribute, or unprotected attribute.

phew! :-)

thanks for the catch Rob