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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Well, if the CABF members have noticed anything about me, it’s that I perhaps am not cautious enough about peeing on fences that might be electrified.  But even I can smell the ozone and see the charred bits
 of fur stuck to this one.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">If the CAs want to “draw a line in the sand” with the browsers and registrars on IDNA2008, that’s your prerogative, but don’t tell them I told you to it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">But maybe it’s not a big issue yet.  Does anyone have a convenient copy of the SSLObservatory data instantiated? Or perhaps Yngve can tell us based on his data how many certificates are out there today for non-ASCII
 names?  <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I’d also like to know, Yngve (and other browsers) how you handle punycode in certificates, since you mentioned that at the face-to-face.  Do we need to add additional requirements about reverse-encoding punycode
 DNSNames to U-labels and applying the proposed tests?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">-Brad<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Rich Smith [mailto:richard.smith@comodo.com]
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 28, 2012 11:06 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Hill, Brad<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [cabfpub] New proposed text for BR 1.1 issues 15 and 29<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Brad,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I know we talked about the 2003 vs. 2008 problem and this is partly because I'm not completely literate in this issue, but it seems to me that given the possible name confusion, and the fact that 2008 expressly
 prohibits the use of some characters, while 2003 only vaguely discourages such use, I think it would be better for everyone if the CA/B Forum drew a line in the sand and said only 2008 is acceptable.  We should force the browsers AND the registries to update
 if they want certs to work.  That being said, I'm not sure we can get away with pushing the issue, but I think we should if we can.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">-Rich<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">
<a href="mailto:public-bounces@cabforum.org">public-bounces@cabforum.org</a> <a href="mailto:[mailto:public-bounces@cabforum.org]">
[mailto:public-bounces@cabforum.org]</a> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Hill, Brad<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 26, 2012 2:20 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:public@cabforum.org">public@cabforum.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [cabfpub] New proposed text for BR 1.1 issues 15 and 29<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Updated proposal attached.  <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Changes:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><![endif]>Updated rules for IDN hostname labels to “label components” to allow, e.g. non-Latin scripts to be combined with Latin gTLD suffixes such as “.com”<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><![endif]>Updated IDNA requirements such that hostnames must be valid in EITHER IDNA2003 or IDNA2008.  Opera is currently the only browser that supports IDNA2008, Mozilla has a bug to support it, and WebKit apparently has no current plans
 to implement IDNA2008.  Allowing both standards allows maximum compatibility, though there is some risk as some names that are valid in one but not the other, and some which are valid in both but resolve to different effective host names.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><![endif]>Updated the Unicode Security Mechanisms Restriction Levels and Alerts reference which has moved from UTR #36 to UTS #39 in the last few weeks.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Brad Hill<o:p></o:p></p>
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