Re: [certid] [Spam] Re: URI match

"Scott Cantor" <cantor.2@osu.edu> Thu, 01 April 2010 16:58 UTC

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> It seems that there is general requirement for URI matching. URIs are not
> only used in subjectAltName, but are used in X.500 in general, i.e., for
> RFID support. Defining uniformResourceIdentifier as just an IA5String may
> also be a simplification.

However, matching on URI makes a lot more sense as a certificate constraint
if you also stop at that point rather than continuing to DNS or CN-based
matching. If you just keep going, it's not worth much.

I think it's very sensible to use URIs only but if that's not consistent
with the intent of the draft, it's probably a simplification to just advise
against it or leave it out.

-- Scott