Re: Question on set of certs and fingerprints from Martin Thomson on 2015-07-06 (public-webrtc@w3.org from July 2015)

From: Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2015 11:07:03 -0700
To: Roman Shpount <roman@telurix.com>
Cc: Bernard Aboba <Bernard.Aboba@microsoft.com>, "public-webrtc@w3.org" <public-webrtc@w3.org>, Stefan Hakansson LK <stefan.lk.hakansson@ericsson.com>
Message-ID: <CABkgnnX9sseCMfYQ3mF-udL=TM3MPt+t59W8F8O4_2ogc_mzyQ@mail.gmail.com>

On 6 July 2015 at 11:00, Roman Shpount <roman@telurix.com> wrote:
> What about other certificate attributes, such as common name, subject,
> issuer, etc?

Make a case for each.  Note that certificates in WebRTC are glorified
public key container; none of those attributes are interesting in the
default case.

> Also, should application be able to limit the certificate lifetime?

Funny you should ask.  I found that I needed a private API extension
for testing expiration.  I can propose the necessary API if you are
interested.

Received on Monday, 6 July 2015 18:07:30 UTC