On 02/10/2019 00:51, Wayne Thayer wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 1, 2019 at 3:34 AM Rob Stradling wrote:
> 
>     I propose that you update [4] to say that Mozilla won't treat
>     non-compliance with [4] as an "incident" whilst it remains the case
>     that the BRs are inconsistent with [4].
> 
> I could simply move [4] to a "recommended practice" (SHOULD) until the 
> ballot comes into force, then move it back to "required". That implies 
> that the bugs which have been opened for this specific issue (responding 
> "unknown" - not to be confused with "returns 1 byte") will be closed as 
> INVALID.
> 
> Are there strong objections to this course of action?

It seems a bit strange to recommend a practice that CAs cannot currently 
adhere to without violating the BRs and some other root programs' 
policies, but at the same time it is helpful to signpost upcoming policy 
changes.

I don't object strongly.

> - Wayne
> 
> [4] 
> https://wiki.mozilla.org/CA/Required_or_Recommended_Practices#Precertificates

-- 
Rob Stradling
Senior Research & Development Scientist
Sectigo Limited

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