Organization Validation certificates are to allow consumers, partners, and other relying parties to identify the U.S. Government as the subject. Government was left out.
Add the word Government after U.S. at the end of the sentence.
FPKIMA
506
The line: "If the Subject Identity Information is to include the name of our organization (o=U.S. Government)" is awkward. Just state what you mean.
Change: "If the Subject Identity Information is to include the name of our organization (o=U.S. Government)" to "If the Subject Identity Information includes o=U.S. Government"
FPKIMA
510-517
The first item for verification doesn't really make sense since it will be a U.S. Government agency that will be making the request: 1. A government agency in the jurisdiction of the Applicant’s legal creation, existence, or recognition; Item 3 that is not allowed should just be removed. Lines 516-517 state that the CA can use 1-4, but 3 is not allowed.
Combine items 1 and 4 (note: item 3 should just be dropped.) Change to: 1. An attestation letter on Government organization Letterhead signed by an individual of authority. 2. A third party database that is… The CA may use the same documentation or communications described in 1 or 2 above... In Item 1, Government organization is used, because as the Practice Note states, the application may not be an Agency.
FPKIMA
514
Since this is a first draft, probably can take out not allowed and other entries from previous versions of the BRs.
Take out not allowed entries
NSA
472
Make a statement about subscriber common names being unique.
DoD
480-483
CPS needs to describe all procedures, not just this one. This needs to be stated as a requirement without CPS part.
Unbold the text.
DoD
492, 493, 504
The word "and" is in bold text here, but nowhere else in the document
Need to make this sentence into an actual sentence.
DoD
506-508, 518-523
The sentence on lines 506-508 along with the practice note are entirely confusing. I think the issue is the use of the word "organization" which seems to both mean the entire U.S. Government and the specific department or agency that is requesting the certificate within the same sentence.
Need to make this sentence into an actual sentence.
NSA
506
Use of the word 'our' is pretty unusual…
change to 'the organization'?
DoD
515
How is an attestation letter verified?
Need to make this sentence into an actual sentence.
DoD
525
Need to spell out DBA
Recommend combining fragment and second sentence into one complete sentence
DoD
527
Need to spell out TLD
Spell out acronym and define what a CAA is.
DoD
DoDI is spelled out incorrectly
Change Department of Defense Issuances Informational (DoDI) 8410 to the correct citation "Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI) 8410.01"
DoD
555
First time the acronym is used
DoD
575-576
Sentence fragment
Replace "No stipulation" with "See section 4.9."
DoD
603-605
Sentence fragment
Fix sentence for correctness, either be removing the term "technically constrained" or by saying that CAs that issue certificates under this CP are technically constrained.
DoD
607-608
Sentence fragment
Reword as "Modification is defined as the re-issuance of a certificate with the same public key and validity period and changes to other information contained in the certificate such as identity, policies, or key usage."
NSA
628
the CA or affiliated government agencies', isn't this everybody? Who else would have a 'Reliable Data Source', if we ruled out all of government?
limit 'affiliated government agencies' to those running the PKI.
DoD
675-678
A CA cannot control who issues it a certificate. Trust is limited by not issuing certificates.
Delete this sentence
DoD
681-684
Delete these subsections
Delete the "No stipulation" text, and delete the parentheses and "Note" from the stipulation, just state the text contained in the note.
Additional comments received on Section 3
"If the Subject Identity Information is to include the name of our organization (o=U.S. Government)" is awkward. Just state what you mean.
"If the Subject Identity Information is to include the name of our organization (o=U.S. Government)"
to
"If the Subject Identity Information includes o=U.S. Government"
1. A government agency in the jurisdiction of the Applicant’s legal creation, existence, or recognition;
Item 3 that is not allowed should just be removed. Lines 516-517 state that the CA can use 1-4, but 3 is not allowed.
1. An attestation letter on Government organization Letterhead signed by an individual of authority.
2. A third party database that is…
The CA may use the same documentation or communications described in 1 or 2 above...
In Item 1, Government organization is used, because as the Practice Note states, the application may not be an Agency.