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Re: [Syslog] Some revised text for syslog TLS

"Rainer Gerhards" <rgerhards@hq.adiscon.com> Mon, 26 May 2008 13:26 UTC

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From: Rainer Gerhards <rgerhards@hq.adiscon.com>
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Subject: Re: [Syslog] Some revised text for syslog TLS
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> > Please keep in mind that my message was related to the question if
> > there is a use case for using IPs inside a certificate. As I said
> > above, there is.
> 
> Ok. Do you think this use case is important enough to keep this
> feature (checking IPAddress subjectAltName) as part of the "MUST
> implement" baseline?

No, I don't think it is a MUST. 

> (Joe's latest text already has other forms of name comparison as
> optional: "Implementations MAY also support authorization based on
> other attributes.  For example, the authorization of a device Serial
> Number against the SerialNumber portion of the Subject Distinguished
> Name [...]")

This should take care of it well enough.

Rainer
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