On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 9:03 PM, Melinda Shore <[email protected]> wrote:
> As we approach the end of working group last call on 6962-bis,
> it looks like we have an unresolved question about whether
> name redaction should stay or go.  I just went through the
> mailing list archive and it looks like we have squishy
> agreement that it should go (for example, Rob's comment:
> "Regarding fixing it: I'd rather nuke the redaction
> option than add further complexity.").  So, if anybody has
> particularly strong feelings about this, or disagrees
> about removing name redaction, please weigh in.

I disagree with removing name redaction.  There is value in having
redacted certificates and it isn't questionable that having some info
is better than none.  For example, a CA could choose to log every
certificate but redact some.  This would make it very clear if a
"rogue" certificate should up that didn't match any certificate on
record.

Symantec has also shown there is customer demand for redacted
certificates -- they swapped their default to "log full certificate" a
couple of weeks ago and have had several hundred certificates
explicitly opt for redaction.  From the domains, it seems that it is a
number of different customers spanning multiple countries and types of
organizations (commercial, government, non-profit, etc).

I think redaction should stay.

Thanks,
Peter

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