Re: X.509 certificate and its subject name field

[<luan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (Shyh-Wei Luan)]

From: John Lowry <jlowry@bbn.com>

> What is the basis for this name re-use speculation ?

> Clearly there will be no shortage of CA name space.  What may
> be a problem is a shortage of _desirable_ CA names.  Witness
> the shortage of desirable names in the DNS.

This is exactly what I mean.  Yeah, "desirable CA names" is a better
way to put it - just like desirable DN's.

> I'm sure that BULL and IBM would object mightily if I set up
> a public CA that had a name which differed from one of their CA's
> names by only a UID.  Or wouldn't they ?    :-)

Yes, I think these companies will not like it as long as they stay in
business. :-)

Shyh-Wei