Question on protocol for interoperability was raised by Paul Clark. He asked what the the liaisons' point of view was on this issue. The general feeling seemed to be, in short, if interoperability specifications can be provided without holding up the TAC's progress, that would be welcomed. Next, the Chairman spent time expressing his views and comments on certain areas of the documents. Overall, there is a need to look at specific sections to better integrate them in to already existing sections.
Some sections continue to be written at considerably differing levels of detail.
The examples are all RSA-based and need to be more general. The requirements on each of the supporting components need to be refined and expanded. The TAC also needs to review the announcement section. It will be clear from other sections of the announcement that the standard only applied to confidentiality keys. After re-convening following the lunch break, Mr. Roback passed on Mr. Gilmore's regrets at being unable to attend this meeting.