Re: [certid] DC should be MUST NOT

"Scott Cantor" <cantor.2@osu.edu> Wed, 30 June 2010 14:31 UTC

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> I would really appreciate a "MUST not use DC-ID for server endpoint
> identification", which also happens to be the current practice and
> what had previously been specified.  rfc-2818 doesn't mention DC= at all.

+1

The last thing we need is *another* way to do what existing methods already
address.

-- Scott