[Pki-devel] [PATCH] 0016 - Fix BasicConstraints min/max path length check

[Fraser Tweedale]

On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 10:06:52AM -0600, Endi Sukma Dewata wrote:
> On 11/20/2014 12:58 AM, Fraser Tweedale wrote:
> >Ping.  Who wants to review this :)
> 
> Looks short enough, I'll bite. :)
> 
> The changes seem to be fine, so it's ACKed.
> 
Pushed:

master                  f955714b64a41026915ce328484181d76e456318
DOGTAG_10_2_0_BRANCH    299ed158e7bc2ebfda8b73c9e8c2883d08556ad7

> There are some related issues/questions. Feel free to address them as part
> of this ticket, or maybe file a separate ticket.
> 
> 1. The exception message is not very helpful. It probably should have said
> something like:
> 
>     Max path length cannot be smaller than min path length: <maxLen value>
> 
> 2. According to the ticket the ca-profile-add failed but the profile
> actually got added. Suppose there's a real constraint violation I think it
> should display the above exception message, and the profile should not be
> added.
> 
> 3. Can we specify any negative value to indicate no min/max, or does it have
> to be -1? It should be consistent with the documentation.
> 
> 4. The code seems to assume that the MinPathLen is already added before
> adding MaxPathLen. Suppose the MinPathLen is missing or added later will
> this constraint still be validated?
> 
> Also, maybe we should keep track the list of unreviewed patches on the top
> of etherpad so we don't miss anything.
> 
> -- 
> Endi S. Dewata