On Thursday 15 January 2004 12:15, Jochen Keutel wrote:
> Hello,
>   RFC3280 requires ALL DIRECTORY STRINGS to be encoded as
> UTF8 - this doesn't mean "all subject and issuer fields" but
> only those with syntax DirectoryString.
>
> domaincomponent is defined as attribute with syntax IA5String -
> so openssl is correct.
>

Ah, I see. Thanks for the clarification. That means, my shiny new certificate 
is compliant, great! All these different string types are really confusing 
for a non-expert.

Thanks,
Karsten.
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