At 1:53 PM -0600 6/30/10, Peter Saint-Andre wrote:
>Upon further reflection, I think there are two dimensions here:
>
>1. From the client's perspective, some names are direct (provided by the
>user = DNS-ID, CN-ID, URI-ID) and some names are indirect (resolved by
>the client based on the input provided by the user = SRV-ID). This
>dimension matters for verification.
>
>2. From the service provider's persective, some names are unrestricted
>(can be used in any application = DNS-ID and CN-ID) and some names are
>unrestricted (can be used in only one kind of application = SRV-ID and
>URI-ID). This dimension matters for issuance.

That should be "...and some names are restricted (can be used in only...". But, 
yes, this is a good distinction.

>I'll work to formulate this distinction more carefully in text that can
>be included in the spec.

That would help implementers (and hopefully CAs) a lot.

--Paul Hoffman, Director
--VPN Consortium
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