[TLS] comment on draft-ietf-tls-subcerts

Rob Sayre <sayrer@gmail.com> Mon, 04 November 2019 22:13 UTC

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Subject: [TLS] comment on draft-ietf-tls-subcerts
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Hi,

I left a comment wondering how this draft might interact with security
issues in the network layer, like the various kinds of BGP hijacking.

https://github.com/tlswg/tls-subcerts/issues/42

That's not to say this draft is the place to fix those problems, but it
seems like it could make them more difficult to detect in some ways. I was
surprised not to see this issue at least mentioned in the Security
Considerations section.

If I'm wrong to suspect this is a concern, it might be helpful to note why
that is.

thanks,
Rob