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Subject: Re: [TLS] Authenticating the client-facing server with an IP-based
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> That in turn implies that getting an IP-based certificate might be =
easier than a DV certificate (and the associated name).  I'd need more =
supporting evidence to believe that.  Under what conditions could that =
be true?

I'm not making any claims at all about the ease with which one can get =
different types of certificates. I'm only stating that it's possible to =
get IP-based certificates, and people do, and thus it's possible to have =
a client-facing server that has an IP-based certificate.



> On Apr 20, 2021, at 7:10 PM, Martin Thomson <mt@lowentropy.net> wrote:
>=20
> On Wed, Apr 21, 2021, at 11:48, Carrick Bartle wrote:
>>> I'm not sure what you are implying might be impossible.  Are you =
suggesting that it might be impossible to get a name for which you could =
get a certificate?
>>=20
>> No. I'm implying that if we don't allow clients to authenticate=20
>> client-facing servers with an IP-based certificate, ECH won't be=20
>> possible in cases where the client-facing server doesn't have a name.
>=20
> That in turn implies that getting an IP-based certificate might be =
easier than a DV certificate (and the associated name).  I'd need more =
supporting evidence to believe that.  Under what conditions could that =
be true?

