Hi,

Perhaps the following has been discussed before (although I wasn't able to find 
it, then); in that case, please let me know, and we can close the thread.

I read the draft and think it is a good idea and well done.

However, I was wondering: What if there is a public suffix between the 
subdomain for which a certificate is requested, and the parent domain used for 
validation?

Let's work through an example. You may be familiar with the (non-official) 
eu.org registry, which runs several public suffixes under which one can 
register domain names. These public suffixes appear on the public suffix list 
(e.g. de.eu.org).

Now, should it be possible for the DNS admin of eu.org to request a certificate 
for example.de.eu.org (or subdomains thereof) through the mechanism described 
in the draft, although there is a public suffix in between? (I don't think so.)

If this should be prevented, the corresponding public suffix check needs to be 
mandatory. (However, I'm not sure if it needs to be in this draft, or in the 
CA/B guidelines.)

What do you think?

Thanks,
Peter

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