[Freeipa-devel] [PATCH] 351 Support MS CA as the external CA in ipa-server-install and ipa-ca-install

Jan Cholasta jcholast at redhat.com
Wed Oct 8 11:46:24 UTC 2014


Dne 8.10.2014 v 12:49 Martin Kosek napsal(a):
> On 10/08/2014 11:53 AM, Jan Cholasta wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> the attached patch fixes <https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/4496>.
>>
>> Note that this requires pki-core 10.2.0-3.
>>
>> Honza
>
> The approach looks OK, but I would like to be better in naming documentation:
>
> +    cert_group.add_option("--external-ca-type", dest="external_ca_type",
> +                      type="choice", choices=("generic", "ms"),
> +                      help="Type of the external CA")
>
> I would name the option either "ad-cs" or "windows-server-ca", i.e. "Active
> Directory Certificate Services" or "Windows Server CA". "ms" sounds too generic
> to me in this context. When using trademarks we should be specific about what
> do we mean.

Microsoft docs refer to it as "Microsoft Certificate Services" or simply 
"Certificate Services", so I went with "ms-cs".

>
> Same for man:
>
> +\fB\-\-external\-ca\-type\fR=\fITYPE\fR
> +Type of the external CA. Possible values are generic, ms. Default value is
> generic. Use ms to include MS template name extension in the CSR.
> +.TP
>
> I would be more verbose and write
>
> ... Use "windows-server-ca" to include Windows Server CA specific template name
> extension (1.3.6.1.4.1.311.20.2) set in the CSR.

I have reworded the description in man and the commit message a bit.

Updated patch attached.

-- 
Jan Cholasta
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