Re: [pkix] way forward for 5280

[Stephen Kent <kent at bbn.com>]

At 9:21 AM +0100 11/18/09, Tomas Gustavsson wrote:
> I mean MS client software, when displaying certificates in Windows 
> XP for example it will only display the user notice if it is a 
> BMPString.
> With this in mind I also assume that MS CA issues user notices with 
> BMPString although I haven't verified.
>
> Haven't tested on Vista or Win 7 though (I'm a linux fanboy :-)), 
> wich was the reason for the question. I can make a test of this 
> myself though.
>
> Cheers,
> Tomas

Thanks for the clarification, and the offer to run tests on Vista and Win 7.
From what you say, it appears that the MS client and CA software were 
not compliant with this aspect of 5280, and would not become so under 
the propose changes re user notice.

Steve