[Specs-cx] Exact meaning of /Contract/Party/URL

nara hideki hdknr at ic-tact.co.jp
Fri Apr 16 04:59:06 UTC 2010


Hello, David,

Thank you very much for your right information.
We should describe this kind of verification for certificate and keys
in some way in the spec.

Thank you.
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hdknr

2010/4/15 David García <david.garcia at tractis.com>:
> Hi Nara,
>
> when signing a contract maybe it would be good to check the keyusage
> extension from the signing certificate in order to know is issuer determined
> that this certificate could be used on digital signature procedures.
>
> In this context maybe an certificate used to create SSL channels may not
> include those usages.  Using those certificates with wrong key usage on
> agreements could not be semantically correct regarding to the definition of
> this extension.
>
> Best regards
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> 2010/4/15 nara hideki <hdknr at ic-tact.co.jp>
>>
>> Hi,all
>>
>> I think we should define the meaning of /Contract/Party/URL element
>> more precisely.
>>
>> 1. for OP
>>
>> This may be easy to define.  If someone discovery this URL,  the OP
>> should return a XRDS/XDS
>> which include the CX service endpoint used for this Contract as far as
>> the contract is
>> effective and in the term of validity.
>>
>> The certificate used for HTTPS connection seems to be equal to the one
>> used for singing
>> the Contract XML.
>>
>> 2. for RP
>>
>> The RP also should  return the XRDS/XRD describe himself.
>> The certificate used for HTTPS connection also seems to be equal to
>> the one used for singing
>> the Contract(Proposal) XML.
>>
>> 3. for End User(s)
>>
>> I think this is URL(XRI) of the End User who accepted the contract. So
>> this should be the
>> OP local identifier which could be a PPID ( pairwise pseudo identifier).
>> This should return the XRDS/XRD describing the End User.
>> If he is the signer,  the public key should be while-listed or
>> registered at the proposing party.
>>
>> Any suggestions  please.
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>> hdknr
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