Martin Schneider <martincschnei...@googlemail.com> writes:

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> I want to include some kind of meta information into certificates, e.g.
>
> foo = x
> bar = y
> baz = z
>
> A collegue of mine recommended to use the "subject alternative name"
> extension 
> (http://www.openssl.org/docs/apps/x509v3_config.html#Subject_Alternative_Name_).
> He told me, that I could "abuse" this to include custom
> attribute/value fields. But after reading the description on
> openssl.org I'm not sure, if this is true.
>
> Could someone please tell me what type of extension I need to use or
> if I need an own extension?

Subject Directory Attributes?

<http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5280#section-4.2.1.8>

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