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Re: RFC 3280 and multiple Organization (O) fields in DN


At 12:47 PM +0100 12/22/04, Jostein Tveit wrote:
Hello pkix list!

I have a question regarding RFC 3280 and support for multiple
Organization (O) fields in the DN field in a certificate.

A can not see that the standard says anything explicit about
this.
Can someone please guide me to where I can find some information
about this issue, or point out the section I missed in the RFC.

Basically, is multiple Organization (O) fields allowed?
And where is it stated/not stated?

Thanks in advance for all answers.

Regards,
--
Jostein Tveit <josteitv@xxxxxxxxxxx>

This is an X.500/X.520 question, more than an X.509/PKIX question.

However, my answer in that one would not expect to see multiple organization attributes in a DN, although multiple organizational unit attributes are fine. It's a matter of the semantics of DNs and the interpretation of attributes. Similarly, one would not expect to see multiple country attributes in a DN, in the usual interpretation of the DIT.

Steve