On Nov 30, 2007 8:51 PM, David E. Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 11/30/2007 5:54 PM, Eddy Nigg (StartCom Ltd.) wrote: > > Gervase Markham wrote: > >> Eddy Nigg (StartCom Ltd.) wrote: > >> > >>> I think what Jean-Marc (and me previously) meant, is not related to > the > >>> domain name or email address but about the other details in the > subject > >>> line. Obviously the CN (or emailAddress) field is to be verified > >>> accordingly... > >>> > >> Oh, I see. Yes, it's definitely worth them doing something like that. > >> But I don't know if we can require it, because then we need specs for > >> what to require. > >> > >> > > Pure ASCII / Latin characters would do...do we need a spec for that? > > > > Remember, ASCII stands for American Standard Code for Information > Interchange. Unless the X.509 specifications require it, we should > avoid ethnocenterism.
Even then, we should submit alterations to the RFC requesting that non-discriminatory methods be used. In this case, however, the x.509 definition specifies utf8. > -- > > David E. Ross > <http://www.rossde.com/> > Cheers, C.J. -- moo. _______________________________________________ dev-tech-crypto mailing list dev-tech-crypto@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-crypto
