Re: [Fwd: I-D Action:draft-saintandre-tls-server-id-check-00.txt]

Again, sorry about the delayed reply.

On 6/4/09 2:29 AM, Simon Josefsson wrote:
> Peter Saint-Andre <stpeter <at> stpeter.im> writes:
> 
>> FYI. All I did was update the references, change the title slightly, and
>> update the authors. Feedback is welcome before we publish a version with
>> more significant modifications.
> 
> Generally, I agree a document like this is needed.  Some suggestions:
> 
> 1) Define all terminology in section 2.  The term "reference identity"
> is defined in section 3 but used in other sections too.

Done in my working copy.

> 2) Re 3.1, should the reference identity be considered a stored string
> wrt IDNA?  As I understand what reference identity refers to, it seems
> like a query string to me.

Could you perhaps elaborate your reasons for thinking so?

JeffH and RL Bob wrote that text, so they can explain their reasoning
better than I can. However, I note the following text from RFC 3454
regarding the distinction between stored strings and queries:

   In general, "stored strings"
   are strings that are used in protocol identifiers and named entities,
   such as names in digital certificates and DNS domain name parts.