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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>All,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’m looking for two endorsers for a proposed amendment to section 7.1.4.2.1 of the Baseline Requirements--to be modified to allow the underscore character (“_”) in SANs and to remove the sunset language in that section related to internal names and reserved IP addresses. The revised section 7.1.4.2.1 would read as follows:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in !msorm;margin-bottom:6.0pt'>7.1.4.2.1. Subject Alternative Name Extension<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in !msorm;margin-bottom:6.0pt'>Certificate Field: extensions:subjectAltName<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in !msorm;margin-bottom:6.0pt'>Required/Optional: Required<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in !msorm;margin-bottom:6.0pt'>Contents: This extension MUST contain at least one entry. Each entry MUST be either a dNSName containing the Fully-Qualified Domain Name or an iPAddress containing the IP address of a server. The CA MUST confirm that the Applicant controls the Fully-Qualified Domain Name or IP address or has been granted the right to use it by the Domain Name Registrant or IP address assignee, as appropriate.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in !msorm;margin-bottom:6.0pt'>Wildcard FQDNs and underscores in FQDNs (encoded as IA5 strings) are permitted. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in !msorm;margin-bottom:6.0pt'>CAs SHALL NOT issue a certificate with a subjectAlternativeName extension or Subject commonName field containing a Reserved IP Address or Internal Name. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'>Ben<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:2.0pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0174C3'>Ben Wilson, JD, CISA, CISSP<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:2.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#686869'>VP Compliance<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:2.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#686869'>+1 801 701 9678<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><img width=133 height=29 style='width:1.3875in;height:.3in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D2B9C6.46D36D10"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>