On 19-4-2012 15:42, Daniel Stenberg wrote:
> I'm not an TLS/x509 expert but I don't think so. Also, you'll see that
> for example GnuTLS agrees with my view here and this is how we do it
> for OpenSSL (for all TLS-using protocols). I haven't checked how the
> other libs like cyassl or axtls think of this.
>
> Are you saying someone actually wants PolarSSL to work the way it
> works now?
No not specifically, but never heard issues before either.
> RFC 6125 is quite specific in section 6.3:
>
>       Security Warning: A client MUST NOT seek a match for a reference
>       identifier of CN-ID if the presented identifiers include a DNS-ID,
>       SRV-ID, URI-ID, or any application-specific identifier types
>       supported by the client.
>
> (DNS-ID being the name used there for Subject Alternative Name)
>
Thanks a lot. That is the RFC that I missed apparently. I'll fix the
behavior in the upcoming release.

Best regards,
Paul Bakker


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