As usual, once the standard is approved and published, then it is only available for purchase. Hoyt makes the pre-publication 'drafts' available as a (great) service to the community. Any reason for him not to post these notices here as well? "Hoyt L. Kesterson II" wrote: > > hello all > > Although the ITU had planned to publish the 4th edition of X.509 by > now (it being traditional that a 2000 edition be published in that > year) they did not do so. This gave Sharon an opportunity to > integrate the latest approved technical corrigendum, TC 1, into the > edition. > > I have posted that new version upon the server in pdf and word formats at > > > ftp://ftp.bull.com/pub/OSIdirectory/4thEditionTexts/X509_4thEditionDraftV7.doc > and > > > ftp://ftp.bull.com/pub/OSIdirectory/4thEditionTexts/X509_4thEditionDraftV7.pdf > > The drafts of the 4th edition of the other parts of X.500 are also > available at the same server. Several definitions in these standards > are referenced by X.509. For example > > The UsefulDefinitions module is in annex A of X.501 at > > > ftp://ftp.bull.com/pub/OSIdirectory/4thEditionTexts/X501_4thEditionDraftV3.doc > and > > > ftp://ftp.bull.com/pub/OSIdirectory/4thEditionTexts/X501_4thEditionDraftV3.pdf > > The revised definition of DirectoryString containing UTF8String is in > clause 5 of X.520, Selected Attribute Types, at > > > ftp://ftp.bull.com/pub/OSIdirectory/4thEditionTexts/X520_4thEditionDraftV3.doc > and > > > ftp://ftp.bull.com/pub/OSIdirectory/4thEditionTexts/X520_4thEditionDraftV3.pdf > > Normally I would end this message with a warning to get this standard > from the server while it is hot. However ITU is allowing any three > recommendations to be downloaded at no cost from their server. It is > an interesting experiment that they are evaluating for 2001. For more > information see > > http://www.itu.int/publications/bookshop/how-to-buy.html > > The more devious among you will notice that it is possible to abuse > the service. Please try to restrain yourself. Since these are > copyrighted documents, one should not napsterize them. > > hoyt ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org Development Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
