Shumon Huque wrote: > On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 10:58:58AM +0000, Alexey Melnikov wrote: >> Have you compared this to recommendations in >> draft-hodges-server-ident-check-00.txt? This draft has some extra >> recommendation about internationalized domain names (IDN). > > Thanks for the pointer. That looks reasonable to me. If it > gets published, 3920bis could reference that, and then add > supplementary text for the the additional application specific > checks, eg. what subjectAltName fields specifically to check > and how. I would be okay with either SRVName or URI as a means > to solve the application specific identity problem.
As mentioned, I think SRVName is better for this. >> Also, draft-hodges-server-ident-check-00.txt prohibits wildcard checks >> in CNs (case c). > > Hmm, personally I'm okay with this too (I've never been a fan > of wildcards certs anyway). Unfortunately, the most likely > case of seeing a wildcard today happens to be in the CN, so I > would anticipate others might object to it .. I think the appropriate place for wildcards is in the dnsName, not the CN. Peter -- Peter Saint-Andre https://stpeter.im/
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