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Dan Weinreb wrote: <snip/> > > I have not yet managed to fully comprehend the XMLDSIG spec. There > isn't, by any chance, a way to use XMLDSIG solely for creating and > transmitting a message digest, without any digital signature? If > there were, we could > > -- Require message digests on those messages that are unsigned Don't think we can go this far. We can recommend it, but we cannot require it. > -- Recommend message digests, ditto, ditto. We can do this as well. Digests are easy to calculate. We could and possibly should provide a means for accommodating a digest value as a separate header. We could easily steal from DSig for this. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > To subscribe or unsubscribe from this elist use the subscription > manager: <http://lists.oasis-open.org/ob/adm.pl>