On Aug 8, 2014, at 2:35 PM, Randy Bush <[email protected]> wrote: >> The question was about why, in this effort, we are using 3779 >> validation rules > > because we understand how they work formally from considerable > experience with PKIs. they are deployed and working today.
Well ok. Where else are the 3779 rules used? Unfortunately, the RFC index does not list references. > the wg is considering an other validation process. it is still a bit > wobbly, and the need for it is poorly motivated. if you remember, i > advocated looking at this as a work item, and came up with the one > rather subtle motivation for it. I’m not seeing the relevance of this history lesson to the question that was asked. How does this relate to the technical reasons of why we are using 3779 rules? > to paraphrase, C’mon Andy. You're better than this. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. I’m now thinking about shaving off my beard. ;) -andy _______________________________________________ sidr mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/sidr
