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Re: [certid] Comments on draft-saintandre-tls-server-id-check-03

Peter Saint-Andre <stpeter@stpeter.im> Wed, 12 May 2010 22:37 UTC

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On 5/12/10 3:36 PM, Sean Turner wrote:

> I think a lot of DNs got concocted because X.500 implementers assumed
> the examples in X.501 were normative.  That is c=, o=, (4) ou=, cn=.
> But, you're might be right about no descending ordering can be assumed. 
> If you look at the subjectName in the datatracker certificate it's:
> 
> CN = *.ietf.org
> OU = Terms of use at www.verisign.com/rpa (c)05
> OU = Internet Engineering Task Force
> O = IETF Trust
> L = Reston
> ST = Virginia
> C = US
> 
> Is an organization more or less specific than a location?

The Internet encompasses all locations, so in this case C = US is much
more specific than OU = Internet Engineering Task Force. ;)

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