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  • Underscores was one of the first things I banned (for the UK e-Science CA). Back in the early noughties a university had creatively asked for O=University_of_Place in the DN which bizarrely (and totally incorrectly) got encoded as IA5String by the software (as opposed to printableString). Although the alternative name is encoded as IA5String, we also have the hostname in the CN to support older software (cf RFC 2818, section 3.1), which, until UTF8 came along, had to be printableString or you were asking for trouble... See also GFD.225 for a long list of experiences learned the hard way. http://www.ogf.org/documents/GFD.225.pdf
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Peter Wilkin commented on GDPR: What's your justification?.
As further direction on the GDPR and actualizing arrangements rise up out of legislators, controllers and the courts, we will keep on distributing ref...
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New question My Experience.
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The question Why Assignment is Important has been updated.
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The article Underscore characters in dnsNames for SSL Certificates has been updated.
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  • Underscores was one of the first things I banned (for the UK e-Science CA). Back in the early noughties a university had creatively asked for O=University_of_Place in the DN which bizarrely (and totally incorrectly) got encoded as IA5String by the software (as opposed to printableString). Although the alternative name is encoded as IA5String, we also have the hostname in the CN to support older software (cf RFC 2818, section 3.1), which, until UTF8 came along, had to be printableString or you were asking for trouble... See also GFD.225 for a long list of experiences learned the hard way. http://www.ogf.org/documents/GFD.225.pdf
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Hey dear, what kind of help you need?
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Alice Allan commented on eduroam Nuts and Bolts – basic technical requirements.
Make a list. Yes, make a list but, above all, use it. If you use them, they really work. One of the keys to give results is that they are reachable li...
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The document Telecommunications Framework - FAQ's has been updated.
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The project Janet North West has been updated.
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New question My Experience.
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The question Why Assignment is Important has been updated.
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The article Underscore characters in dnsNames for SSL Certificates has been updated.
4 days ago
  • Underscores was one of the first things I banned (for the UK e-Science CA). Back in the early noughties a university had creatively asked for O=University_of_Place in the DN which bizarrely (and totally incorrectly) got encoded as IA5String by the software (as opposed to printableString). Although the alternative name is encoded as IA5String, we also have the hostname in the CN to support older software (cf RFC 2818, section 3.1), which, until UTF8 came along, had to be printableString or you were asking for trouble... See also GFD.225 for a long list of experiences learned the hard way. http://www.ogf.org/documents/GFD.225.pdf
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The article Incident Response Triage has been updated.
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New question Make a list.
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The document Telecommunications Framework - FAQ's has been updated.
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The project Janet North West has been updated.
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