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3.2.2.4.4 should probably not end with "... to Domain Contact" #546

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aaomidi opened this issue Sep 14, 2024 · 3 comments
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3.2.2.4.4 should probably not end with "... to Domain Contact" #546

aaomidi opened this issue Sep 14, 2024 · 3 comments
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aaomidi commented Sep 14, 2024

Domain Contact is defined as:

The Domain Name Registrant, technical contact, or administrative contact (or the equivalent under a ccTLD) as listed in the WHOIS record of the Base Domain Name or in a DNS SOA record, or as obtained through direct contact with the Domain Name Registrar.

Meanwhile, this section specifically states that the contact is not the domain contact, but rather the domain name being validated.

So maybe if folks agree with me, this be renamed from 3.2.2.4.4 Constructed Email to Domain Contact, to 3.2.2.4.4 Constructed Email to the Authorization Domain Name. Or, maybe Constructed email to a reserved address

Relevant sections:

https://github.com/cabforum/servercert/blob/ba28d04894d69c8fac62850b9d0de5061658c7c5/docs/BR.md#32242-email-fax-sms-or-postal-mail-to-domain-contact (This section uses the word domain contact correctly)

https://github.com/cabforum/servercert/blob/ba28d04894d69c8fac62850b9d0de5061658c7c5/docs/BR.md#32244-constructed-email-to-domain-contact (This section, in my opinion, uses it incorrectly)

This is specifically a problem if we treat Domain Contact as a reserved/well-defined word. And In my opinion, we should, as it's explicitly defined in the definitions section of the BRs: https://github.com/cabforum/servercert/blob/ba28d04894d69c8fac62850b9d0de5061658c7c5/docs/BR.md#161-definitions)

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This issue was created based on:

  • TLS BR Version 2.0.7
  • EVG Version 2.0.1

@dzacharo dzacharo added baseline-requirements Server Certificate CWG - Baseline Requirements clean-up Items for future clean-up ballot labels Jan 16, 2025
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Notes from SCWG Teleconference 2025-01-16:

  • Marked as clean-up, with a suggestion to change the section title, leaving the section language the same.

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I suggest "3.2.2.4.4 Email to a Constructed Address", making it clear that it is the address that is algorithmically constructed (as opposed to looked up, like a Domain Contact is), rather than the body of the email.

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