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VU#573195: Go, OpenSSL, Apple, LibreSSL, pyca, wolfSSL Name-Constraint Inconsistency in RFC 5280 Implementation

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This note covers differences in how TLS libraries interpret X.509 Name Constraints. A certificate that one library accepts may be rejected by another. Some of those differences are defects; others follow from behavior that RFC 5280 does not fully specify. The observed differences concern DNS name comparison, IP address handling, URI-authority parsing, and wildcard matching. …

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