Subject: RE: delta CRLs

From: Peter Sylvester <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 20:07:48 +0200 (MET DST)

> Trevor:
> 
> The 2000 version of X.509 is very clear on this.  For a given CRL stream
> identifier, the CRL number is unique whether it is base or delta.  That is
> why delta number has to be greater than the base.

" 8.5.2.1 CRL number extension

  This CRL extension field conveys a monotonically increasing sequence number .."

The text might be clearer IMHO if 'strictly increasing' would be used instead.