On Thu, Nov 8, 2018 at 4:02 PM Matt Caswell <m...@openssl.org> wrote:
> > > On 08/11/2018 12:44, Dmitry Belyavsky wrote: > > Hello, > > > > can anybody clarify what for the abbreviations AVA and RDN stand for? > > RDN == Relative Distinguised Name > AVA == Attribute Value Assertion > > An RDN consists of an unordered set of AVAs (but most frequently an RDN > is made up of exactly one AVA, e.g. CN = "John"). A Distinguished Name > (DN) is made up of a sequence of RDNs. > > That man page could probably do with some work to reduce the jargon. > I'll submit a pull request. Thank you! > > Matt > > > > > > ============ > > sep_comma_plus, sep_comma_plus_space, sep_semi_plus_space, sep_multiline > > These options determine the field separators. The first character is > > between RDNs and the second between multiple AVAs (multiple AVAs are > > very rare and their use is discouraged). The options ending in "space" > > additionally place a space after the separator to make it more readable. > > The sep_multiline uses a linefeed character for the RDN separator and a > > spaced + for the AVA separator. It also indents the fields by four > > characters. If no field separator is specified then sep_comma_plus_space > > is used by default. > > ============= > > > > Thank you! > > -- > > SY, Dmitry Belyavsky > > > -- > openssl-users mailing list > To unsubscribe: https://mta.openssl.org/mailman/listinfo/openssl-users > -- SY, Dmitry Belyavsky
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