[cabfpub] Use of wildcard certificates by cloud operators

Ryan Sleevi sleevi at google.com
Wed May 7 15:26:31 UTC 2014


Rich,

The wording doesn't apply to users of wildcard certs - in particular, cloud
hosts - the topic at hand.
On May 7, 2014 8:18 AM, "Rich Smith" <richard.smith at comodo.com> wrote:

> Geoff,
> We have wording in the BRs already regarding high risk request checking.
> Are there any specific short-comings with that that you'd like to see
> addressed in regards to this topic?
> -Rich
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Geoff Keating [mailto:geoffk at apple.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2014 10:02 AM
> > To: Kelvin Yiu
> > Cc: richard.smith at comodo.com; ben at digicert.com; Gervase Markham;
> > sleevi at google.com; public at cabforum.org
> > Subject: Re: [cabfpub] Use of wildcard certificates by cloud operators
> >
> >
> > On 6 May 2014, at 12:58 pm, Kelvin Yiu <kelviny at exchange.microsoft.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > It sounds like we have some consensus to move forward on the issue. I
> > can draft a proposal that include the following:
> > >
> > > 1. Update Section 11.1.3 to clarify that wildcard is allowed for
> > domains for cloud operators. I hear that when the forum last updated
> > section 11.1.3, there was a lot of headache involved, so I will try to
> > be precise and keep the changes to a minimum.
> > > 2. Update Section 13.1.5 to allow cloud operators a chance to remedy
> > fraudulent sub domains and within a reasonable time period. The idea is
> > that CAs would still be required to contact the cloud operator. But if
> > the cloud operator can take down any fraudulent site within n days (I
> > think n should be less than 7 days) and can attest the private key is
> > not compromised, revocation is not necessary.
> >
> > I'd like to also see some kind of filtering for phishing-related
> > domains, some kind of 'best effort' to keep misleading names out in the
> > first place.
>
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