Re: Can we form certificates with just name and e-mail address

[Oscar Jacobsson <oscar.jacobsson@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Stefan Santesson wrote:
> How do you form a certificate according to PKIX where the subjects name
> only consists of a name (commonName or GivenName + surname) and an e-mail
> address ?? It seams to be virtually impossible to do this.
>
> [...]
>
> What has historic debates concluded in?

I don't actually know the history here, but I would wager a suggestion:

Could you not leave the subject name empty and include both a rfc822Name
and a directoryName (which would then contain your given name and
surname attributes) in the subject alternate name extension?

//oscar

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