Re: [certid] It is not always a good idea to enforce CN check as leaf RDN only
ArkanoiD <ark@eltex.net> Thu, 18 March 2010 04:58 UTC
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Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:58:25 +0300
From: ArkanoiD <ark@eltex.net>
To: Peter Saint-Andre <stpeter@stpeter.im>
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Subject: Re: [certid] It is not always a good idea to enforce CN check as
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Well, when it comes to implementation we get *two* matching algorithms then, which is definitely no good ;-). What is the rationale of enforcing CN to be leaf RDN? On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 09:59:46PM -0600, Peter Saint-Andre wrote: > On 3/17/10 7:43 AM, ArkanoiD wrote: > > > Many self-signed certificates seem to have an email address as leaf > > RDN. > > This I-D does not cover self-signed certs, only CA-issued certs.
- [certid] It is not always a good idea to enforce … ArkanoiD
- Re: [certid] It is not always a good idea to enfo… Peter Saint-Andre
- Re: [certid] It is not always a good idea to enfo… ArkanoiD
- Re: [certid] It is not always a good idea to enfo… Joe Orton
- Re: [certid] It is not always a good idea to enfo… Bruno Harbulot
- Re: [certid] It is not always a good idea to enfo… Bil Corry
- Re: [certid] It is not always a good idea to enfo… Peter Saint-Andre
- Re: [certid] It is not always a good idea to enfo… Alexey Melnikov
- [certid] open issue: self-signed certs Peter Saint-Andre
- Re: [certid] open issue: self-signed certs Bil Corry
- Re: [certid] open issue: self-signed certs Kurt Zeilenga
- Re: [certid] open issue: self-signed certs Bruno Harbulot
- Re: [certid] It is not always a good idea to enfo… Michael Ströder