Re: crypt32: Only accept trailing NULLs in a certificate common name.

[Erich E. Hoover]

On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 11:10 AM, Juan Lang  wrote:
> ...
> Well, sort of.  The byte-by-byte comparison takes place component by
> component.  The boundary between each component is defined by the
> presence of a '.'.  That's why, in my example, I have an embedded NULL
> immediately prior to a '.'.  After the end of each component is found,
> it's passed to match_domain_component.  In the current git version,
> each component strips a NULL, hence an embedded NULL is accepted.  In
> the version I sent, only trailing NULL(s) are removed.
> ...

Wow, I clearly didn't read that you moved the code over to
match_common_name.  Apparently I'm not quite conscious today, my
apologies!

Erich Hoover
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