"Wong, RYM (Richard)" wrote: > > Hi, > > I have a question about the format of 'Subject' in 'Certificate Request' > file. > > If I put "emailAddress = Email Address > emailAddress_max = 60" > at the end of the block '[ req_distinguished_name ]' in the file > 'openssl.cnf' and use it to create a Certificate Request file, I will get a > '/' character attached to the word 'Email'. > e.g. Subject: C=UK, O=aaa, OU=abc, CN= name [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > If I put the two lines at the beginning of the block, I will not get a '/' > character before the word 'Email'. > > How do I replace ',' by '/' in the Subject line? >
The '/' isn't in the emailAddress its just a quirk in old code that is used to display the DN. If you enable the newer DN display code with something like: openssl x509 -nameopt oneline -in cert.pem -subject -noout it wont have the '/'. Steve. -- Dr Stephen N. Henson. http://www.drh-consultancy.demon.co.uk/ Personal Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Senior crypto engineer, Gemplus: http://www.gemplus.com/ Core developer of the OpenSSL project: http://www.openssl.org/ Business Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP key: via homepage. ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
