[cabf_validation] Use of underscore in DNS auth

Rick Andrews Rick_Andrews at symantec.com
Thu Nov 17 10:39:00 MST 2016


On today's VWG call, Peter mentioned the language about underscore in DNS
auth. Here's the section:

3.2.2.4.7 DNS Change
Confirming the Applicant's control over the requested FQDN by confirming the
presence of a Random Value
or Request Token in a DNS TXT or CAA record for an Authorization Domain Name
or an Authorization
Domain Name that is prefixed with a label that begins with an underscore
character.

Upon re-reading this, I see that I did not interpret it properly; it seems
to exclude using DNS records for _foo.example.com if I'm trying to validate
foo.example.com. So I can use _validation.foo.example.com or
_validation.example.com. Anyone disagree?

-Rick

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