On Wed, Mar 17, 2021 at 07:53:25AM +0100, Eliot Lear wrote:
> The alternative view is that we shouldn’t break stuff or write edicts
> we know will be ignored.  AR certs are burned into products.  They’re
> NEVER going to change, and some code in some contexts need to expect
> them.  That includes, by the way, in all likelihood, the smart meter
> providing your house electricity.  Not everything is apache or a
> browser that you can take an auto-update and simply get away from bad
> code.   The world is a complex place.
A better alternative view is that certs issued before a certain date can
continue to be validated with the old rules, and certs issued after can
be required by RPs to have SANs.  A much better approach to not breaking
existing things while still making progress.

Nico
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