On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 10:40:36PM -0800, [email protected] wrote:
> Am Sonntag, 28. Februar 2016 00:31:48 UTC+1 schrieb Matt Palmer:
> > On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 06:22:22AM -0800, Christoph Klein wrote:
> > > To prevent future problems with values in the certficate fields, we have
> > > implemented another layer of cross checks after the issuing of the
> > > certificate.
> > 
> > Shouldn't you be doing the checking *before* you issue the certificate?  It
> > seems wasteful and risky to issue the certificate and only then make sure it
> > should have been issued before sending it to the customer.
> 
> I believe this is just a misunderstanding/confusion here as to the term
> "issue".  Because if you look at the sentence after your quote it cleary
> comes out that this check is performed *before* sending the certificate to
> the customer.  So it seems by "issue" "creation" is meant, not the sending
> to the customer.  But I am sure Mr Klein will clarify this.

Certificate issuance happens when the certificate is created, not when it's 
sent to
the customer.

- Matt

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