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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>As many of you are aware, the GLEIF foundation recently invited CA/Browser Forum members to its identity management workshop. Some people have contacted us about the possibility of putting LEI identifiers into web certificates. This is in some ways similar to the recent proposal from ETSI to put additional identity information into certificates, though it has the advantage that we are free to determine ourselves how best to encode it.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>CAs are already allowed to include this information in certificates, assuming it has been appropriately validated. There is a Global Legal Entity Identifier Index that is authoritative for LEIs. However it would be valuable if there were a standardized CABF OID and extension so that every CA that chooses to include this information includes it in an interoperable way. This also allocates the OID in a namespace we control, allowing us to state in the BRs the purpose and semantics of the extension, and require that it only be used for authentic and validated LEIs.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>It seems to me that it would be worthwhile to standardize this, instead of every CA coming up with their own way of doing it. What do other people think?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-Tim<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>