[cabfpub] ISO 3166-1 country codes

[Eddy Nigg (StartCom Ltd.)]

On 08/01/2012 02:53 PM, From William Madell:
> An explicit guideline should also help avoid situations of 
> non-uniformity, whereas a non-explicit guideline in the BRs could 
> allow (for example) StartCom to decide on ‘XK’ as the alpha-2 for 
> Kosovo, while Trustis assigns ‘XV’ for Kosovo, Comodo assigns ‘XO’, 
> etc., etc.  Each CA’s arbitrary designation might meet the 
> requirements of a non-explicit guideline, but it wouldn’t provide the 
> uniformity across CAs that is necessary for the Relying Parties.

That's the reason I believe we should stick to the ISO code exclusively. 
I personally don't want to be in the situation to decide which entity is 
entitled for some code nor define what it should be...

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