On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 7:52 PM, Peter Bowen <[email protected]> wrote: > There is no reason a CA couldn’t pull public records based on info in CT > to help expedite things (for example identifying the company registration > number), but the validation still has to happen. You can’t finalize the > validation without binding it to a legal entity who will be the > applicant/subscriber. It is possible that this validation could use > records pulled by the CA prior to the request for validation. >
And this goes back to the initial question you posed that kicked this all off, namely: "I think some have suggested that the BRs don’t allow this alternative order of operations, but I’m having a little trouble finding the specific cite. Do you, Ryan, or does anyone else, think the order of operations described above is not valid?" To tie this all back together: Section 4.2.1 only permits the reuse of information gathered in context with Section 3.2: "The CA MAY use the documents and data provided in Section 3.2 to verify certificate information, provided that the CA obtained the data or document from a source specified under Section 3.2 no more than thirty‐nine (39) months prior to issuing the Certificate." Section 3.2 is tied to what the Applicant is requesting in the certificate: So for there to be information to be reused, it needs to be obtained in the context of an Applicant. And so the question is whether or not there can be an Applicant prior to a Certificate Request. Section 1.6.1 establishes the Applicant as: "The natural person or Legal Entity that applies for (or seeks renewal of) a Certificate. Once the Certificate issues, the Applicant is referred to as the Subscriber. For Certificates issued to devices, the Applicant is the entity that controls or operates the device named in the Certificate, even if the device is sending the actual certificate request. " I'm sure we can get into the game of debating whether 'applies for' is distinct from 'requests' (although I think that's not supported by the text itself, by virtue of the following sentence, but I'm sure we can misread it). You asked if there was a reason to suggest the ordering must be different. My minimal suggestion was that the order must be: - A Request, which includes the attestation of correctness (per 4.1.2) - which establishes an Applicant (per 1.6.1) - which then permits validation of the Applicant information (per 3.2) - which can then be reused for subsequent Requests (per 4.2.1) It would seem that you are advocating for an interpretation that establishes: - An Applicant (by virtue of establishing an Applicant Representative - the party who has signed the Subscriber Agreement on behalf of the Applicant / acknowledges the TOU, per 1.6.1) - which then permits validation of the Applicant information (per 3.2) - Which then permits one or more Requests (per 4.1.2) - Which then allows the validated information to be reused (per 4.2.1), or the reuse of a previously completed validation (per 3.2.2.4) Is that a correct summary of the difference?
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