[lamps] SHOULD vs MUST for CSR Attributes in RFC7030/CTE clarifications
Michael Richardson <mcr+ietf@sandelman.ca> Fri, 22 May 2020 14:43 UTC
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Subject: [lamps] SHOULD vs MUST for CSR Attributes in RFC7030/CTE clarifications
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Eliot wants to propose some additional updates in this document which are not in the form of errata, and he will propose text by Monday. I think that it's too late; he should write another document updating RFC7030. In the process of discussing this, he pointed at this text, originally in 4.5.2, and not changed in the updated text: The structure of the CSR Attributes Response **SHOULD**, to the greatest extent possible, reflect the structure of the CSR it is requesting. Requests to use a particular signature scheme (e.g. using a particular hash function) are represented as an OID to be reflected in the SignatureAlgorithm of the CSR. Requests to use a particular The question is, why SHOULD? Why not MUST? What is the exception case? What does "greatest extent possible"? I.e. when does the Registrar fail to accomplish this? I don't know, but I'm not particularly bothered by SHOULD. -- Michael Richardson <mcr+IETF@sandelman.ca>, Sandelman Software Works -= IPv6 IoT consulting =-
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