Hello, https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/7614
On Thu, Nov 8, 2018 at 4:57 PM Dmitry Belyavsky <beld...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > 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 > -- SY, Dmitry Belyavsky
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