[cabfpub] Naming rules

[Ryan Sleevi]

If that's the ballot that folks would like to go forward with, then let's
just find endorsers and vote. We can vote on flawed proposals - at least we
know how people feel about those flaws, which is useful in itself.

On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 10:20 AM, Ben Wilson <ben.wilson at digicert.com>
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> Ryan,
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> I suppose you are unwilling to suggest language that would correct this
> perceived flaw in the proposal?
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> *To:* Rich Smith <richard.smith at comodo.com>
> *Cc:* Ryan Sleevi <sleevi at google.com>; CA/Browser Forum Public Discussion
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> *Subject:* Re: [cabfpub] Naming rules
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> On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 9:50 AM, Rich Smith <richard.smith at comodo.com>
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> Ryan, Ben’s wording states that the registry is at the national level, so
> rather than talking about Jurisdiction A and B, the labels are correctly
> Country A and Country B, therefore even if every other field in the
> registries were the same the C field will always be unique to the
> particular registry, therefore the particular entries between the
> registries would be unique.  Am I missing something?
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> Yes, there's no guarantee the C field is unique for the registry.
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> As a thought experiment, consider a country that participates in multiple
> international treaties that allow for X.500 registries.
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> As a thought experiment, consider a country that provides a naming
> ontology for its international partners.
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> As a thought experiment, consider multiple national government
> organizations adopting their own X.500 DIT.
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> The assumption here, which is incorrect in the lens of history, is that
> the X.500 DIT exists and disambiguates these countries.
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> I am in resounding agreement with Peter - either we should put forward a
> ballot or we should stop discussing this further.
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