[certid] DC should be MUST NOT
Paul Hoffman <paul.hoffman@vpnc.org> Sat, 12 June 2010 00:12 UTC
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Subject: [certid] DC should be MUST NOT
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> 6. The certificate SHOULD NOT represent the server's fully-qualified > DNS domain name by means of a DC-ID, i.e., a series of Domain > Component (DC) attributes in the certificate subject, with one > RDN per domain label and one DC in each RDN. Although (for > example) <dc=www,dc=example,dc=com> could be used to represent > the DNS domain name "www.example.com", given the fact that the > DNS-ID can be used instead, the DC-ID is NOT RECOMMENDED. This should be a MUST NOT. And the reason for the prohibition is not "DNS-ID can be used instead", but rather "this is insecure because you can interpret the series of RDNs incorrectly". --Paul Hoffman, Director --VPN Consortium
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