PKCS #15 v1.1 Technical Corrigendum 1 - Draft 1

August 24, 2000

(c) RSA Laboratories

Editor's note: This is the first draft of a technical corrigendum to
PKCS #15 v1.1, which is available for a 30-day public review
period. Please send comments and suggestions, both technical and
editorial, to pkcs-editor@rsasecurity.com or
pkcs-tng@rsasecurity.com.

Table of Contents

1.  INTRODUCTION
2.  CHANGES TO SECTION 5, "IC CARD FILE FORMAT"
2.1 CHANGES TO SECTION 5.4.1, "EF(DIR)"
3.  CHANGES TO SECTION 6, "INFORMATION SYNTAX IN ASN.1"
3.1 CHANGES TO SECTION 6.1.5, "REFERENCEDVALUE AND PATH"
4.  CHANGES TO ANNEX A, "ASN.1 MODULE"
A.  INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CONSIDERATIONS
B.  REFERENCES
C.  ABOUT PKCS

1. Introduction

This corrigendum lists known errors in version 1.1 of PKCS #15 [1],
and should be incorporated into that version.

2. Changes to Section 5, "IC card file format"

2.1 Changes to Section 5.4.1, "EF(DIR)"

[Remove the last sentence starting: "An example of EF(DIR)
contents..."]

3. Changes to Section 6, "Information syntax in ASN.1"

3.1 Changes to Section 6.1.5, "ReferencedValue and Path"

[Replace the definition of URL with:]

URL ::= CHOICE {
    url	CHOICE {printable PrintableString, ia5 IA5String}, 
        -- ia5 option should be used
    urlWithDigest [3] SEQUENCE {
        url    IA5String,
        digest DigestInfoWithDefault
    }
}

4. Changes to Annex A, "ASN.1 module"

[Replace the definition of URL with:]

URL ::= CHOICE {
    url	CHOICE {printable PrintableString, ia5 IA5String}, 
        -- ia5 option should be used
    urlWithDigest [3] SEQUENCE {
        url    IA5String,
        digest DigestInfoWithDefault
    }
}

A. Intellectual property considerations

RSA Security makes no patent claims on the general constructions
described in this document, although specific underlying techniques
may be covered.  License to copy this document is granted provided
that it is identified as "RSA Security Inc. Public-Key Cryptography
Standards (PKCS)" in all material mentioning or referencing this
document.

RSA Security makes no representations regarding intellectual property
claims by other parties. Such determination is the responsibility of
the user.

B. References

[1] RSA Laboratories. PKCS #15: Cryptographic Token Information
Syntax Standard. Version 1.1, June 2000.

C. About PKCS

The Public-Key Cryptography Standards are specifications produced by
RSA Laboratories in cooperation with secure systems developers
worldwide for the purpose of accelerating the deployment of
public-key cryptography. First published in 1991 as a result of
meetings with a small group of early adopters of public-key
technology, the PKCS documents have become widely referenced and
implemented. Contributions from the PKCS series have become part of
many formal and de facto standards, including ANSI X9 documents,
PKIX, SET, S/MIME, and SSL.  Further development of PKCS occurs
through mailing list discussions and occasional workshops, and
suggestions for improvement are welcome. For more information,
contact:

PKCS Editor
RSA Laboratories
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Bedford, MA  01730 USA
pkcs-editor@rsasecurity.com
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