Stephen Kent <[email protected]> wrote:
    > The simple answer is that when, in the past, developers have chosen to 
abuse
    > the semantics of subject name fields in certs, the result shave been VERY
    > long lasting, and embarrassing. Long ago, Netscape chose to shove a DNS 
name
    > into the DN common name filed because it was an easy fix for their
    > problem. As a result, we still have browsers and CAs that misuse that
    > field. At least that egregious behavior was not the result of an IETF
    > WG. Let's not screw this up in the name of expediency!

Yes, I remember that.
Why do you think Netscape did that?
What should they have done instead?

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Michael Richardson <[email protected]>, Sandelman Software Works
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