Subject: Re: X.509 Certificate Size

From: Stuart Green <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 18:01:52 -0500

Kishore,
  4096 is just a maximum size used in the MIB.  
As you indicate, certificates will be less than
1522 bytes.

Stuart

Kishore Gummadidala wrote:
> 
> Hello Stuart,
> 
> The BPI+ MIB (draft-ietf-ipcdn-bpiplus-mib-00.txt) specifies that the
> X.509 certificate is an octet string of size upto 4096.
> 
> The RFI specification (SP-RFIv1.1-I03-991105) says that MAC management
> messages cannot be longer than 1522 bytes. I do not see how the X.509
> certificates of the CA and the CM can be included in the Authentication
> Information and the Authorization Request messages respectively, without
> exceeding the maximum MAC management message size??
> 
> Can you please clarify if I have the X.509 certificate size right? And
> if so then is there a plan to extend the size of MAC management
> messages.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Kishore.

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