> >> i noted that the examples in "7.4. Applying for Certificate Issuance" are
> still using CSRs.


> Good catch! I'll submit a PR to address this oversight this afternoon.


https://github.com/ietf-wg-acme/acme/pull/367


On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 10:53 AM, Daniel McCarney <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hi Sophie,
>
> i noted that the examples in "7.4. Applying for Certificate Issuance" are
>> still using CSRs.
>
>
> Good catch! I'll submit a PR to address this oversight this afternoon.
>
>
>> Further, I didn't found explicit coverage of the case that there is a valid
>> authorization (say via new-authz) at the time of posting a new-order.
>> Should the server return "authorizations: valid" in this case and does
>> that imply the client can proceed with finalization immediately?
>
>
> That's my understanding. If a client uses the new-authz preauth flow to
> obtain a valid authz for "example.com" with ID "
> https://acme.inc/authz/1234";, and then submits a new-order for
> identifiers `["example.com"]` I would expect the server to return an
> order with `"authorizations": ["https://acme.inc/authz/1234"]`. When the
> client GET's each of the Authz IDs it will see all are `state: valid`, no
> challenges need POSTing, and finalization of the order can occur.
>
> Having mentioned new-authz: The definition of new-authz is now a subset of
>> new-order. Is there any reason to keep the new-authz resource at all? Would
>> there be any difference in using new new-order with the exact same query
>> without finalizing it?
>
>
> I agree with you that it seems like the new-authz flow is unnecessary - I
> believe Jacob Hoffman-Andrews has previously argued it shouldn't be
> included in the spec. Let's Encrypt does not intend to implement it at all
> for their new order-based API endpoint.
>
> If someone has a use-case for the new-authz flow that isn't addressed by
> new-order with finalization they should speak up in-thread - otherwise I
> vote it be removed.
>
> - Daniel / cpu
>
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 6:07 PM, Sophie Herold <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> i noted that the examples in "7.4. Applying for Certificate Issuance"
>> are still using CSRs.
>>
>> Further, I didn't found explicit coverage of the case that there is a
>> valid authorization (say via new-authz) at the time of posting a
>> new-order. Should the server return "authorizations: valid" in this case
>> and does that imply the client can proceed with finalization immediately?
>>
>> Having mentioned new-authz: The definition of new-authz is now a subset
>> of new-order. Is there any reason to keep the new-authz resource at all?
>> Would there be any difference in using new new-order with the exact same
>> query without finalizing it?
>>
>> Best,
>> Sophie
>>
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