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Re: [TLS] Last Call: RFC 2818 (HTTP Over TLS) to Proposed Standard

Peter Saint-Andre <stpeter@stpeter.im> Fri, 01 June 2012 20:43 UTC

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On 6/1/12 1:45 PM, Eric Rescorla wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 12:15 PM, Yngve N. Pettersen (Developer Opera
> Software ASA) <yngve@opera.com> wrote:
>
>> - Update sec. 3.1 to use RFC 6125 for the server identity.
> 
> I'm not sure I agree with this. 2818 is intended to document HTTPS client
> behavior. This may or may not be what we recommend for other protocols

I see two approaches:

1. Profile 6125 in 2818bis, as we've done for email and XMPP.

2. Define something 6125-ish (but shorter) in 2818bis.

> (and indeed, the terms under which 6125 was approved included that
> it not override 2818 for HTTPS).

Indeed.

Another topic it would be good to clarify (or affirm) in 2818bis is
wildcards.

Peter

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