Regards Brian Carpenter
On 24-Jun-20 03:46, Stephen Kent wrote: > Owen, >> >> Being completely pedantic about the RFC5280 text, nowhere in the text does >> it say that rfc822name cannot be used for anything but email address. It >> does state multiple times that an email address must be represented as an >> rfc822name, but places no explicit restrictions on what an rfc822name may >> represent. The text as is does not explicitly preclude use of rfc822name for >> ACP. This may be the widespread understanding of what RFC5280 means, but its >> not strictly what it says… >> > Common sense argues against putting something other than an e-mail address in > the rfc822namem attribute. > > I expect ADs to use common sense, as well as careful reading of prior RFCs, > when making decisions. Indeed, but that cuts both ways, since running code is our goal. No parser is in a position to say that rfcself+fd89b714f3db00000200000064000000+area51.resea...@acp.example.com isn't an email address. Brian > > Steve > > > _______________________________________________ > Anima mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/anima > _______________________________________________ Anima mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/anima
