[cabfpub] Ballot 199 - Require commonName in Root and Intermediate Certificates

Gervase Markham gerv at mozilla.org
Mon May 8 15:06:52 UTC 2017


On 08/05/17 15:30, Mads Egil Henriksveen wrote:
> I am aware of this change, but it is still required that we should do this. 

>From RFC 2119:

3. SHOULD   This word, or the adjective "RECOMMENDED", mean that there
   may exist valid reasons in particular circumstances to ignore a
   particular item, but the full implications must be understood and
   carefully weighed before choosing a different course.

Gerv



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