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

Cowles, Robert D. rdc at slac.stanford.edu
Sat Oct 15 20:23:29 CDT 2005


> the issue is about global naming. You used a globally unique email 
> address in the certificate when you posed the question, so I 
> said yes. 
> If on the other hand you had just put Brett in the cert then 
> of course I 
> would not expect this to always name the same person.
> 


But how can you believe that brett at isp.com is globally unique
over time when companies like Verisign will resell "isp.com" 
almost immediately when it becomes available?

BC





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