Re: [certid] Last Call: draft-saintandre-tls-server-id-check

Shumon Huque <shuque@isc.upenn.edu> Thu, 22 July 2010 03:15 UTC

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From: Shumon Huque <shuque@isc.upenn.edu>
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Subject: Re: [certid] Last Call: draft-saintandre-tls-server-id-check
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On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 03:36:03PM -0700, =JeffH wrote:
> hey folks,
> 
> We're getting feedback on the ietf@ietf.org list wrt 
> draft-saintandre-tls-server-id-check.
> 
> In particular, there's a question about the requirement to order the list 
> of reference identifiers in section "4.2. Constructing an Ordered List of 
> Reference Identifiers" that would be good to have implementors (in 
> particular) weigh in on.
> 
> i.e. is the ordering requirement strictly necessary protocol-wise?  Is it 
> (only) perhaps an implementation hint?
> 
> thanks,
> 
> =JeffH

So, apart from the exchange Paul and I had on this topic on 
ietf@ietf, no-one else has expressed an opinion. So it looks
like we're going in the direction of removing the requirement.

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Shumon Huque
University of Pennsylvania.