Alan DeKok <[email protected]> wrote:
    >> Alan DeKok <[email protected]> wrote:
    >>> * CAs should validate (somehow) any CSR they receive, to check that
    >>> the contents are reasonable
    >>
    >> I guess this is the new section 3.2.8.

    >   Yes.

    >> There are quite a number of subtlies here.  First, the CSR is not
    >> really that complex :-)
    >>
    >> more importantly, there are not really any standard ways to
    >> communicate with CAs about exceptions, about things that in the CSR
    >> that need to be added or ignored.

    >   I don't think there's a possibility for such negotiation.  I'm not
    > even sure such negotiation would be a good idea.

I mean, between the EAP-peer and the CA.
(Not between the EAP-peer and supplicant)

    >   That doesn't solve the issue of what the EAP peer does, though.
    > Mostly it could be "have a GUI / API to expose a few fields for
    > configuring the CSR", and that's about it.

I think that's probably even excessive.
It would be good to have an operational document that says what operators
actually need what.  I think that it's mostly a question of if you give
operators options, they will just do weird things for not well understood
reasons.

I think that the client certificate needs a SubjectAltName, probably an
rfc822Name, but MAYBE another GeneralName.
And, maybe, a DN.  There is no CSRattributes that can specify the DN today.

    >   The only thing this document can do is to suggest "here be dragons",
    > and then move on to other subjects.  It may take operational experience
    > to fully understand what are the best options here.

CSRattributes gives lots of power, but I don't think the end user needs any
input other than inputting their email address.  (Assuming, it can't be
gotten from elsewhere on the system.  I'm thinking @me.com, @live.com, ubuntu-1 
account)

    >> Probably some reference to the 4.2.18. CSR-Attributes TLV section.
    >> And I see that you have dealt with the Base64 goof (RFC8951), and the
    >> new format.  I would welcome your comments on the latest document, and
    >> to David van Oheim's proposal that is coming up in some slides at the
    >> next meeting.  TEAP is likely a good greenfield for his simplified
    >> view.

    >   I'll take a look.

It's not written up, having been discussed in detail only last Wednesday.
I'll get slides posted to LAMPS in the next week.
But, the short of it: Here is an CSR, please fill in the blanks.

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Michael Richardson <[email protected]>   . o O ( IPv6 IøT consulting )
           Sandelman Software Works Inc, Ottawa and Worldwide




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