Reference loop in § 6.1.1.1

[mat-m]

Hello,

§1.6.3 says cross-references inside the document are made with BR prefix

And paragraph 6.1.1.1 says:

6.1.1.1 CA Key Pair Generation
As specified in BR Section 6.1.1.1

Looks like an infinite loop here. If one wanted to refer to a specific version of the BR, the version is missing. If the document should be self-contained, then a copy from the right version is the best option. Last option is the reference chapter number is wrong.

Best Regards,
-M-

[XolphinMartijn]

The cross-references actually refer to a specific version of the Baseline Requirements (version 1.6.9, specifically). This is not to be confused with the Code Signing Baseline Requirements. It calls out section 6.1.1.1 of the document located at https://cabforum.org/wp-content/uploads/CA-Browser-Forum-BR-1.6.9.pdf

As such, I don't believe there's an issue of this being an infinite loop.

It might be worth noting on this issue that work is already being done on importing the BR references directly into the document. Section 6.1.1.1 is one of these, as can be seen on the following branch: https://github.com/cabforum/code-signing/blob/importTLSBRrefs/docs/CSBR.md#6111-ca-key-pair-generation