[certid] False choice for CN
Paul Hoffman <paul.hoffman@vpnc.org> Sat, 12 June 2010 00:19 UTC
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Subject: [certid] False choice for CN
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> 1. The certificate MUST include a "DNS-ID" (i.e., a subjectAltName > identifier of type dNSName). . . . > Therefore, if and only if the identity set does not include > subjectAltName extensions of type dNSName, SRVName, or > uniformResourceIdentifier (or any application-specific subjectAltName > extensions supported by the client), the client MAY as a fallback > check for a fully-qualified DNS domain name in the last Common Name > RDN in the sequence of RDNs making up the Distinguished Name within > the certificate's subjectName (where the term "last" refers to the > DER order, which is often not the string order presented to a user; > the order that is applied here MUST be the DER order). Bzzzzzt! All of 3.4.4 is bogus, given that DNS-ID is required. Please remove it. --Paul Hoffman, Director --VPN Consortium
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