On 6 November 2013 17:56, Stephen Kent <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On 11/6/13 12:32 PM, Ben Laurie wrote:
>>>
>>> The second statement, though, is not a reasonable comparison. registrars
>>> operate
>>> with the equivalent of name constraints, from a cert issuance
>>> perspective,
>>> which
>>> makes it much better that the WebPKI TA model. Even if the TAs in that
>>> model
>>> were
>>> to issue certs including a name constraints extension, the effect would
>>> not be as good as what we have in the DNSSEC/DANE environment.
>>
>> I accept that _registries_ are name constrained. Registrars less so.
>
> yes, I was sloppy in my terminology.
>
>> Not sure I get why this is better than name constrained certificate
>> chains, tho?
>>
> because the constrained chains begin somewhere below the TA, which leaves
> EVERY
> TA free to create ANY subordinate CA.  Also, ccTLDs represent the sort of
> sovereign alignment to a PKI that many folks find attractive.

For exactly the reason many find it unattractive :-)
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