Re: [certid] DC should be MUST NOT

Paul Hoffman <paul.hoffman@vpnc.org> Wed, 30 June 2010 15:16 UTC

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Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 08:08:05 -0700
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Subject: Re: [certid] DC should be MUST NOT
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At 10:30 AM -0400 6/30/10, Scott Cantor wrote:
> > 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.

Another +1

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