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X.509 certificates

• themafia 10mo ago
  They specified a lot of stuff that ultimately didn't get used but ITU is still my favorite standards organization.
  • tialaramex 10mo ago
    To the extent that it can be considered an "organization" the IETF is definitely a better Standards Development Organization than the ITU. Most importantly because the IETF is for people, and I'm a person, whereas as a UN Specialized Agency the ITU is for UN Member States and I am not and will never be a UN Member State.
    • themafia 10mo ago
      They both publish their standards for free. The ITU has a slight edge in that their published standards are generally of a higher quality and easier to implement. I care about utility not about nominal designations.
      • tialaramex 10mo ago
        Yeah, I don't see it. I looked at a few cases where there's close overlap in the work and mostly what I see is that the ITU doesn't want me looking at the draft stages of documents, which I guess isn't crucial for your implementation work. I couldn't see any particular higher quality though I suppose if you like PDFs and hate text that might go in the ITU's favour.