Re: [TLS] relax certificate_list requirements - opinion call (was Re: [tls13-spec] relax certificate_list ordering requirements to match current practice (#169))

Geoffrey Keating <geoffk@geoffk.org> Mon, 18 May 2015 23:49 UTC

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Dave Garrett <davemgarrett@gmail.com> writes:

> https://github.com/tlswg/tls13-spec/pull/169/files
> 
> Of note, see also:
> https://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/tls/current/msg16238.html
> 
> The discussion on this list got quite long and at least one person changed their opinion on the topic. I'd like to figure out where we stand on this now.
> 
> The primary people advocating for this are myself and Ryan Sleevi.
> The primary person advocating against this is Martin Rex.
> 
> Who else is in favor or against, at the moment?

I am for it, as it documents existing practice.

> Also, the topic of AIA cert fetching came up, with people both
> arguing for and against.

I believe this is out of scope for TLS; it is not a transport layer
issue.  We should therefore not discuss it in the TLS RFC.  There's
already discussion of some security impacts of AIA in RFC 5280, but
not this particular issue; I think that would be a good place to
mention the issue.