I’m still lost on why

_<rnd1>.example.net CNAME <rnd2>.ca.example.com. 

Does not work.  Note that it starts with underscore and uses a random value on 
the right side.  This should alleviate all the problems, I think.

Thanks,
Peter

> On Sep 12, 2016, at 3:11 PM, Jeremy Rowley <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Let me reword that. The intent was to do as previously described
> <rnd1>.example.net CNAME shop.example.com
> And <rnd2>.example.net does not CNAME to shop.example.com
>  
> From: Ryan Sleevi [mailto:[email protected]] 
> Sent: Monday, September 12, 2016 4:09 PM
> To: Jeremy Rowley <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [MmmSPAM] Re: [cabfpub] CNAME-based validation
>  
> As worded, you're proposing (in .11) to do the thing that was objected to:
>  
> <rnd1>.example.net CNAME shop.example.com
> <rnd2>.example.net CNAME anothershop.example.com
>  
> And assuming that because shop.example.com != anothershop.example.com, this 
> is a positive demonstration of control, when it's not.
>  
> This is, in effect, your "do it twice" proposal that I expressed concerns 
> about in the follow-up.
>  
> On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 3:04 PM, Jeremy Rowley <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> Sorry – I thought we resolved those concerns with the second random number? 
> Which concern is still unresolved?
>  
> From: Ryan Sleevi [mailto:[email protected]] 
> Sent: Monday, September 12, 2016 3:53 PM
> To: Jeremy Rowley <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]
> 
> Subject: [MmmSPAM] Re: [cabfpub] CNAME-based validation
>  
> Jeremy,
>  
> While you seek endorsers, I will suggest that, as worded, I believe we'd need 
> to vote against this ballot.
>  
> I do hope you give consideration to the concerns raised, and why the Random 
> Value in the "thing to be resolved" is going to be problematic for us.
>  
> On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 2:11 PM, Jeremy Rowley <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> Everyone - thanks for your input on this. Here’s the proposed ballot based on 
> the discussion:
>  
> Motion Begins:
>  
>  
> Add the following definition: 
> Validation Sub Domain: A Domain Name created directly under an FQDN by 
> appending a Random Value or Request Token as the left-most label of the FQDN.
> DNS Validation Name: A Domain Name created directly under a FQDN by appending 
> “_pki” as the left-most label of the FQDN.
>  
> Add the following as Section 3.2.2.4.11:
>  
> Confirming the Applicant’s control over the requested FQDN by:
> (1)   Creating a Validation Sub Domain of the requested FQDN;
> 
> (2)   Verifying creation of a CNAME record for the created Validation Sub 
> Domain that points the Validation Sub Domain to a FQDN verified by the CA 
> using one of methods permitted under Section 3.2.2.4; 
> 
> (3)   Creating a second Validation Sub Domain of the Requested FQDN using a 
> Request Token or Random Value that was not used in the first Validation Sub 
> Domain; and
> 
> (4)   Verifying that the second Validation Sub Domain does not resolve to the 
> FQDN verified by the CA under step 2.
> 
>  
> Add the following as Section 3.2.2.4.12:
>  
> Confirming the Applicant’s control over the requested FQDN by:
> (1)   Creating a DNS Validation Name of the requested FQDN; 
> 
> (2)   Creating a Validation Sub Domain of a Domain Name verified using one of 
> the methods permitted under Section 3.2.2.4;
> 
> (3)   Verifying creation of a CNAME record for the DNS Validation Name that 
> points the DNS Validation Name to the Validation Sub Domain.
> 
>  
> Looking for comments/endorsers. Thanks!
>  
> Jeremy
>  
>  
>  
>  
>  
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ryan Sleevi
> Sent: Thursday, September 8, 2016 4:48 PM
> To: Jeremy Rowley <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]; Peter Bowen <[email protected]>; [email protected]
> Subject: [MmmSPAM] Re: [cabfpub] CNAME-based validation
>  
>  
>  
> On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 3:25 PM, Jeremy Rowley <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> The one short-coming of this approach over using multiple random values to 
> detect wildcard domains is that the process makes obtaining multiple 
> certificates from different CAs difficult. If a customer wants to use both 
> DigiCert and another CA, the customer would have to order each one in 
> separate intervals as _pki.domain.com can only have a single CNAME record. 
> Using two random values, the customer can have multiple CAs simultaneously 
> issue certificates. 
>  
> CA1:
> <rnd_CA1>.domain.com CNAME <rnd2_CA1>.validation.com
> CA2:
> <rnd_CA2>.domain.com CNAME <rnd2_CA2>.validation.com
>  
>  
> I think this proposal is different than what I understood your previous 
> proposal to be, and I think it probably resolves the heart of my objection - 
> that the randomness shouldn't be "trusted" if it's in the "name to be 
> resolved", but can be if it's in the "contents of the record" (in this case, 
> the CNAME-pointed to domain).
>  
> My understanding is your proposal was
> <rnd_CA1>.example.net CNAME shop.example.com  (Notice how I keep using RFC 
> 6761 special-use domains? :P)
>  
> Would be seen as authorization to issue for "example.net" if the CA 
> previously issued for "shop.example.com". I don't think that's good, because 
> the <rnd_CA1> can't be taken as positive consent/configuration/control in the 
> presence of Wildcard DNS.
>  
> If the proposal is that
> <rnd_CA1>.example.net CNAME <rnd2_CA1>.shop.example.com
>  
> Be taken as authorization to issue for example.net if the CA has validated 
> shop.example.com, then I think that'd be OK, and would be curious if anyone 
> spots any risk I'm missing. That's because the <rnd_CA1> is not a "Random 
> Token/Value", but just a "Don't disrupt the service" variation, and the real 
> random value/token is in the contents of the CNAME - specifically, <rnd2_CA1>.
>  
> In the case of non-Wildcard DNS, this demonstrates practical control over 
> example.net (by creating rnd_CA1)
> In the case of Wildcard DNS, this demonstrates practical control at least to 
> the level of the Wildcard DNS rule, because it's statistically unlikely that 
> they would have just 'happened' to chose <rnd2_CA1> as a subdomain, provided 
> that it has sufficient randomness.
>  
>  
> To double check my math, a given DNS label (that is, the value of <rnd_CA1 / 
> rnd2_CA2>) is limited to 64 characters, which should be plenty sufficient for 
> a modified Base32-encoding of a minimum 112-bit random value, which would be 
> 24 characters (using perhaps 0/1 as the padding character, since = can't 
> appear due to the LDH rule)
> 
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