Re: [openssl-users] Implementing deprecation of commonname and emailaddress

2017-08-17 Thread Erwann Abalea via openssl-users
> Le 17 août 2017 à 17:36, Jeffrey Walton a écrit : > > On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 11:34 AM, Erwann Abalea > wrote: >> >>> Le 17 août 2017 à 17:26, Jeffrey Walton a écrit : >>> > When you see a name like "example.com" in the CN, its usually a CA > including a domain name and not a hostn

Re: [openssl-users] Implementing deprecation of commonname and emailaddress

2017-08-17 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 11:34 AM, Erwann Abalea wrote: > >> Le 17 août 2017 à 17:26, Jeffrey Walton a écrit : >> When you see a name like "example.com" in the CN, its usually a CA including a domain name and not a hostname. >>> >>> That's nonsense. >> >> If a certificate is issued under

Re: [openssl-users] Implementing deprecation of commonname and emailaddress

2017-08-17 Thread Erwann Abalea via openssl-users
> Le 17 août 2017 à 17:26, Jeffrey Walton a écrit : > >>> When you see a name like "example.com" in the CN, its usually a CA >>> including a domain name and not a hostname. >> >> That's nonsense. > > If a certificate is issued under CA/B policies, and CN=example.com but > it _lacks_ SAN=exampl

Re: [openssl-users] Implementing deprecation of commonname and emailaddress

2017-08-17 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Viktor, thanks for the reply. On 08/17/2017 11:15 AM, Viktor Dukhovni wrote: On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 12:56:20AM -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: Remove commonName and emailAddress completely from the cnf file. They no longer belong in any cert, root or intermediate CA certs, server or user certs.

Re: [openssl-users] Implementing deprecation of commonname and emailaddress

2017-08-17 Thread Jeffrey Walton
>> When you see a name like "example.com" in the CN, its usually a CA >> including a domain name and not a hostname. > > That's nonsense. If a certificate is issued under CA/B policies, and CN=example.com but it _lacks_ SAN=example.com, then its a not a hostname and it should not be matched. I'm

Re: [openssl-users] Implementing deprecation of commonname and emailaddress

2017-08-17 Thread Viktor Dukhovni
On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 12:56:20AM -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > Remove commonName and emailAddress completely from the cnf file. They no > > longer belong in any cert, root or intermediate CA certs, server or user > > certs. > > CommonName is supplied for viewing by tools like certificate vie

Re: [openssl-users] Implementing deprecation of commonname and emailaddress

2017-08-17 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 08/17/2017 12:56 AM, Jeffrey Walton wrote: On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 12:28 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: I have skimmed through a few RFCs following today's postings and a few web sites. It would seem to me that I should: Remove commonName and emailAddress completely from the cnf file. They

Re: [openssl-users] Implementing deprecation of commonname and emailaddress

2017-08-16 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 12:28 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > I have skimmed through a few RFCs following today's postings and a few web > sites. It would seem to me that I should: > > Remove commonName and emailAddress completely from the cnf file. They no > longer belong in any cert, root or inte

[openssl-users] Implementing deprecation of commonname and emailaddress

2017-08-16 Thread Robert Moskowitz
I have skimmed through a few RFCs following today's postings and a few web sites. It would seem to me that I should: Remove commonName and emailAddress completely from the cnf file. They no longer belong in any cert, root or intermediate CA certs, server or user certs. For servers include s