On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 2:29 PM, Jacob Hoffman-Andrews <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 06/27/2017 05:15 AM, Rifaat Shekh-Yusef wrote:
>
>
>
>> The server would create an order object with one or more
>> authorizations objects that need to be fulfilled.
>
>
> My point is that the pre-authorization request (i.e. new-authz) would have
> already created
> a pending authorization object with the challenges for the client.
>
> The ACME server MAY reuse existing pending authorizations, or it may
> create new ones. You should not rely on the pending authorizations that
> result from a new-order request being the same as ones previously created
> by new-authz requests.
>
>
Fair enough.
What would be the response from the server when it reuses existing pending
authorization? 200 OK with the existing challenge?
Could that be spelled out in the document?


>
> What I have in mind for this is that ACME client might be representing
> more than one entity
> when it is using the pre-authorization procedure, as specified in section
> 7.4.1.
>
> The use case I have in mind is to use this pre-authorization mechanism for
> a client to issue certificates
> for large number of *endpoints*.
>
> Instead of sending a new-authz request per endpoint, it might be useful to
> allow the client to send one
> request for a list of endpoints.
>
> I'm not clear what you mean by entity and endpoint in this question. Are
> you thinking of people, machines, companies, DNS names, IP addresses, or
> something else?
>

I am thinking of hard endpoints, like deskphones, mobile devices, etc.
I am working on an ACME endpoint extension draft that I would like to
discuss later that hopefully clarifies the use case and how I think it
could fit into the ACME mechanism.

Regards,
 Rifaat
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