[cabf_validation] Simpler language for 3.2.2.4.6

Adriano Santoni adriano.santoni at staff.aruba.it
Mon May 14 01:10:02 MST 2018


+1


Il 14/05/2018 08:38, Dimitris Zacharopoulos via Validation ha scritto:
> On 14/5/2018 4:37 πμ, Ryan Sleevi wrote:
>> Could you give a sense of what was found confusing, so as to help 
>> spark possible ideas?
>>
>> Simplification isn't necessarily a good goal - simplification hides 
>> necessary complexity - but making it more understandable is reasonable.
>>
>> This requirement seems very similar to other forms of technical 
>> requirements in the BRs, so was there anything particular that stood out?
>
> I think it is more of a complex English language issue. The part in 
> bold sounds very strange to me.
>
> "Confirming the Applicant's control over the requested FQDN by 
> confirming the presence of a Request Token or Random Value contained 
> in the content of a file or on a web page in *the form of a meta tag 
> one of the following under the* "/.well‐known/pki‐validation" 
> directory, or another path registered with IANA for the purpose of 
> Domain Validation, on the Authorization Domain Name that is accessible 
> by the CA via HTTP/HTTPS over an Authorized Port."
>
>
> I made an attempt to make the language easier to read and more 
> understandable, while -hopefully- keeping the technical requirements 
> intact.
>
> "Confirming the Applicant's control over the requested FQDN by 
> confirming the presence of a Request Token or Random Value contained:
>
>  1. in the content of a file; or
>  2. on a web page in the form of a "meta tag" (BTW, let's introduce
>     some RFC references for the definition of "meta tag")
>
> This file or web page MUST be accessible under the 
> "/.well‐known/pki‐validation" directory, or another path registered 
> with IANA for the purpose of Domain Validation, on the Authorization 
> Domain Name that is accessible by the CA via HTTP/HTTPS over an 
> Authorized Port."
>
> Improvements are always welcome.
>
>
> Dimitris.
>
>
>
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