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Re: [TLS] draft-rescorla-tls-subcerts

Ilari Liusvaara <ilariliusvaara@welho.com> Sat, 16 July 2016 09:09 UTC

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Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2016 12:09:29 +0300
From: Ilari Liusvaara <ilariliusvaara@welho.com>
To: Andrei Popov <Andrei.Popov@microsoft.com>
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On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 05:34:40PM +0000, Andrei Popov wrote:
> > The I-D actually covers this.
> Understood; the I-D lists a few cons, but arguably none of them are
> blocking issues. It seems unnecessary to create a new TLS-specific
> mechanism that duplicates existing PKI semantics.

IMO, the draft severly understates the cons. Basically, NC certs aren't
feasible except for the bigger shops that can afford the $$$ and the
difficulty needed.

Also, it doesn't look like the semantics are complicated. E.g one
can completely skip revocation by making things short-lived (because
revocation on short timescales simply does not work anyway).


-Ilari

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