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Re: X.509 certificate and its subject name field
- To: ietf-pkix@xxxxxxxxxx
- Subject: Re: X.509 certificate and its subject name field
- From: "Shyh-Wei Luan" <luan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 6 Jun 1997 11:26:59 -0700
- In-reply-to: "Shyh-Wei Luan" <luan@almaden.VNET> "Re: X.509 certificate and its subject name field" (Jun 6, 8:57am)
- References: <9706061557.AA25988@jupiter.almaden.ibm.com>
On Jun 6, 8:57am, Shyh-Wei Luan wrote:
> Subject: Re: X.509 certificate and its subject name field
> > 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 guess I meant to say *desirable DNS names* and desirable *DN's* (for those
which do not have some UID attribute) at the same time. Sigh, I guess I am
little bit tired. :-)
Shyh-Wei