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Re: [Trans] Angle brackets in the PRIVATE option (Ticket #1)

Peter Bowen <pzbowen@gmail.com> Mon, 31 March 2014 14:57 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Trans] Angle brackets in the PRIVATE option (Ticket #1)
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On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 7:01 AM, Rob Stradling <rob.stradling@comodo.com> wrote:
> On 31/03/14 14:44, Peter Bowen wrote:
>> If _completely_hidden_ is the requirement, then I agree that any
>> option that is no f(x) = 1 (for fixed values of 1) fails.
>>
>> Why have the long string "(PRIVATE)" at all then?  Would a single '?'
>> not be adequate?  I don't think you will ever find '?' in a real
>> dNSName.
>
>
> "PRIVATE" seemed a good choice of string literal from the point of view of
> explaining the idea clearly, but I'm not bothered what string literal we end
> up using.
>
> Why does the length of the string literal concern you?

I guess it does not really matter.  I was thinking about the future,
when CT is used for the CDN certificates with hundreds of SANs.
Moving "www" -> "(PRIVATE)" for 200 names increases the size 1200
bytes.  Maybe additional size is not a big deal.

Thanks,
Peter

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