[caops-wg] Name Constraints - attempt at framing issues

Mike Helm helm at fionn.es.net
Thu Oct 13 21:59:22 CDT 2005


Von Welch writes:
> 1) What CAs do we wish to consider as potential issuers for our  
> community? Is it just "Grid CAs" (by that I mean CA we can reasonably  
> except to adhere to best practices as specified by GGF WGs) or do we  
> want to also consider CAs that we have no reasonable expectation of  
> being able to impact their policies or procedures (e.g. commercial  
> CAs) as potential issuers for our community as well?

We also want to consider CAs that we have no reasonable expectation &c
such as commercial CAs, federal bridge CAs &c.

Note: this is counter to my obvious self interest.

> 2) Do we believe that during normal operation the CAs indicated in  

yes - I'm not completely sure I understand this question

> 3) If a CA is compromised, given currently implementations, this will  

This one is over my head.





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