Re: [sidr] revising Section 7.2 of RFC 6487

Geoff Huston <gih@apnic.net> Wed, 29 June 2016 02:07 UTC

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Subject: Re: [sidr] revising Section 7.2 of RFC 6487
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Thanks! I am now very comfortable with your text on this.

   Geoff

> On 29 Jun 2016, at 3:39 AM, Stephen Kent <kent@bbn.com> wrote:
> 
> Geoff,
> 
> Thanks for reviewing the text.
> 
> I modified the text to change "current VRS-IP" to be "... the value of the VRS-IP computed for certificate x-1" as per your suggestion. I also made this change for the corresponding VRS-AS text.
> 
> I don't think we need to add a note about validation being performed "top down" since bullet B already says: "certificate '1' is a trust anchor"
> 
> Steve
>> FWIW, I like this formulation Steve.
>> 
>> Possibly when you refer to "the current value of the VRS-IP” you may want to explicitly refer to the VRS-IP of certificate x-1 rather than “current”.
>> 
>> I also wonder if it is worth noting that the enumerated steps outlined here are intended to be performed “top down” - i.e. from a trust anchor to the certificate to be validated.
>> 
>> regards,
>> 
>>   Geoff
>>