On 05/13/2008 2:47 PM, Dave Cridland wrote:
> On Tue May 13 20:37:39 2008, Justin Karneges wrote:
>> On Tuesday 13 May 2008 11:40 am, Dave Cridland wrote:
>> > On Tue May 13 19:29:33 2008, Justin Karneges wrote:
>> > > Two sets?
>> >
>> > Yes. One that says "If any xmppAddr is present, use only xmppAddr",
>> > another that says "but fallback to dNSName". This is okay as long as
>> > both ends know which identities are authenticated.
>>
>> 3920, section 14.2, case #1 essentially says that if the xmpp field is
>> present
>> then use it, otherwise fall back to dNSName (and then commonName). 
>> Where is
>> the other set of rules?
>>
>>
> Hmmm... I suppose you could read that as the method for checking
> certificates, and 6.4.2 as the method for generating them. I think both
> could be a lot clearer, though.

Is the new text clearer?

http://www.xmpp.org/internet-drafts/draft-saintandre-rfc3920bis-05.html#security-certificates

Perhaps I'll post it to the list here as a new thread so that folks can
comment on it....

Peter

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Peter Saint-Andre
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