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	Title		: LDAP Controls for Reply Signatures
	Author(s)	: R. Salz
	Filename	: draft-salzr-ldap-repsig-00.txt
	Pages		: 8
	Date		: 01-May-00
	
In many environments the final step of certificate issuance is 
publishing the certificate to a repository. Unfortunately, there 
is no way for a Certification Authority (CA) to have a secure 
application-level acknowledgement that the proper repository 
did, in fact, receive the certificate. This issue is of greater 
concern when considering the publication of Certificate 
Revocation Lists (CRLs) -- if an adversary manages to interpose 
itself between the CA and its intended repository, then clients 
could end up relying on outdated revocation lists.
This document defines a set of controls so that an LDAP client, 
such as a CA, can receive a cryptographically secure 
acknowledgement that an LDAP server has received a request, and 
that the integrity of the server's reply has not been 
compromised.
  
    Whenever possible, the definitions here use mechanisms and 
    datatypes defined by the IETF PKIX working group. This document 
    references RFC 2459 [RFC2459]. Knowledge of the RFC is required 
    for proper implementation of this document, although it should 
    be possible to understand this document without much knowledge 
    of that RFC.
    
    It is expected that future versions of this document will 
    reference 2459's successor(s).

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