Re: [certid] Fw: Lars Eggert's No Objection ondraft-saintandre-tls-server-id-check-14: (with COMMENT)

Matt McCutchen <matt@mattmccutchen.net> Mon, 17 January 2011 20:57 UTC

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Subject: Re: [certid] Fw: Lars Eggert's No Objection ondraft-saintandre-tls-server-id-check-14: (with COMMENT)
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On Mon, 2011-01-17 at 08:24 -0800, Peter Saint Andre wrote:
> Section 1.5., paragraph 8:
> >    These suggestions are not entirely consistent with all practices that
> >    are currently followed by certification authorities, client
> >    developers, and service providers.  However, they reflect the best
> >    aspects of current practices and are expected to become more widely
> >    adopted in the coming years.
> 
>   This seems to argue that the doc should be a BCP and not a PS?

Round we go again...  AIUI, the document needs to be a PS because it
defines matching rules intended for incorporation into application
protocol PSes.  Correct?

-- 
Matt