>   6.  The certificate SHOULD NOT represent the server's fully-qualified
>       DNS domain name by means of a DC-ID, i.e., a series of Domain
>       Component (DC) attributes in the certificate subject, with one
>       RDN per domain label and one DC in each RDN.  Although (for
>       example) <dc=www,dc=example,dc=com> could be used to represent
>       the DNS domain name "www.example.com", given the fact that the
>       DNS-ID can be used instead, the DC-ID is NOT RECOMMENDED.

This should be a MUST NOT. And the reason for the prohibition is not "DNS-ID 
can be used instead", but rather "this is insecure because you can interpret 
the series of RDNs incorrectly".

--Paul Hoffman, Director
--VPN Consortium
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