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Re: [wpkops] Browser behaviour draft

Gervase Markham <gerv@mozilla.org> Thu, 24 July 2014 09:20 UTC

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Hi Tim,

On 23/07/14 21:22, Tim Moses wrote:
> Colleagues - I would like to advance the Browser Behaviour draft ...
> 
> http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-wilson-wpkops-browser-processing/
> 
>  ... to WG draft.

This document (helpfully) states:

"This document reviews some of the certificate-processing features of
the following cryptolibraries: Network Security Services (NSS), in two
code sets, Classic (NSS-Classic) and PKIX (NSS-PKIX); ..."

However, as of two days ago, with the release of Firefox 31, Firefox
switched to using mozilla::pkix for certificate verification:
https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2014/04/24/exciting-updates-to-certificate-verification-in-gecko/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/31.0/releasenotes/

You will need to decide whether to hold the document while you update it
to take account of any changes.

I can tell you that mozilla::pkix also does not do AIA chasing.

"and most end users can manually add or remove root certificates"

Is that a statement about opportunity or capability? :-) Perhaps better
as: "most user agents give end users the opportunity to add or remove
root certificates".

Gerv

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