[certid] Need to define "most specific RDN"

Paul Hoffman <paul.hoffman@vpnc.org> Sat, 12 June 2010 00:10 UTC

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Subject: [certid] Need to define "most specific RDN"
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>       However, if this
>       legacy identifer configuration is employed, then the server's
>       fully-qualified DNS domain name MUST be placed in the last (most
>       specific) RDN within the RDN sequence making up the certificate's
>       subjectName, as the order of RDNs is determined by the DER-
>       encoded Name within the server's PKIX certificate.

I always get this wrong, so I assume people less familiar with PKIX do as well. Before you say "(most specific)" as if it was a toss-off, you should define "most specific RDN" as "the last RDN within a sequence", probably in section 1.3.

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