Technical Summary
The document defines a new set of attributes to disambiguate
overloaded using of the PKCS #9 challengePassword attribute. The
new attributes retain the structure of the existing attribute but
are identified by new object identifiers.
Working Group Summary
The document was discussed on the PKIX mailing list. Since the
PKIX working group is no longer active, this document is proceeding
as an individual submission.
Document Quality
There are no fielded implementations yet, but at least one is in
development. Other vendors have expressed interest. The lack of
existing implementations is not a cause for concern due to the
nature of the document, which is essentially defining a few new
object identifiers.
The Document Shepherd is Russ Housley. The responsible Area
Director is Stephen Farrell.