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. ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]