Add extra informations to certs

2009-03-31 Thread Dirk Reske
Hello, We need to put some extra informations (simple strings) into the certificates (e.g. year of birth, ...). I have looked around the internet, but don't really find any usefull stuff. So, do you have some links or hints where to start? How to read out this extra informations? Thanks from

RE: Add extra informations to certs

2009-03-31 Thread Rene Hollan
A private X509v3 extension, perhaps? -Original Message- From: owner-openssl-us...@openssl.org on behalf of Dirk Reske Sent: Tue 3/31/2009 8:29 AM To: openssl-users@openssl.org Subject: Add extra informations to certs Hello, We need to put some extra informations (simple strings

Re: Add extra informations to certs

2009-03-31 Thread lists
Hi, On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 05:29:15PM +0200, Dirk Reske wrote: We need to put some extra informations (simple strings) into the certificates (e.g. year of birth, ...). I have looked around the internet, but don't really find any usefull stuff. define a private extension. See RFC3280,

Re: Add extra informations to certs

2009-03-31 Thread Dirk Reske
li...@kaiser.cx schrieb: Hi, On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 05:29:15PM +0200, Dirk Reske wrote: We need to put some extra informations (simple strings) into the certificates (e.g. year of birth, ...). I have looked around the internet, but don't really find any usefull stuff. define a

Re: Add extra informations to certs

2009-03-31 Thread Bruce Stephens
li...@kaiser.cx writes: Hi, On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 05:29:15PM +0200, Dirk Reske wrote: We need to put some extra informations (simple strings) into the certificates (e.g. year of birth, ...). I have looked around the internet, but don't really find any usefull stuff. define a private

Re: Add extra informations to certs

2009-03-31 Thread Patrick Patterson
Hi Dirk: Dirk Reske wrote: li...@kaiser.cx schrieb: Hi, On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 05:29:15PM +0200, Dirk Reske wrote: We need to put some extra informations (simple strings) into the certificates (e.g. year of birth, ...). I have looked around the internet, but don't really find any

Re: Add extra informations to certs

2009-03-31 Thread Dirk Reske
Patrick Patterson schrieb: Hi Dirk: Dirk Reske wrote: li...@kaiser.cx schrieb: Hi, On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 05:29:15PM +0200, Dirk Reske wrote: We need to put some extra informations (simple strings) into the certificates (e.g. year of

Re: Add extra informations to certs

2009-03-31 Thread Patrick Patterson
Hi Dirk: Dirk Reske wrote: Patrick Patterson schrieb: Second, it's just plain bad PKI to put attributes in Identity Certificates. What do you mean with this? Well, to quote IETF RFC3281 (which has to do with Attribute Certificates): Some people constantly confuse PKCs and ACs.

Re: Add extra informations to certs

2009-03-31 Thread Kyle Hamilton
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 1:56 PM, Dirk Reske d...@devhost.de wrote: Second, it's just plain bad PKI to put attributes in Identity Certificates. What do you mean with this? Placing additional attributes in the Identity Certificates makes those attributes available to everyone who can read

Re: Add extra informations to certs

2009-03-31 Thread Dirk Reske
Patrick Patterson schrieb: Hi Dirk: Dirk Reske wrote: Patrick Patterson schrieb: Second, it's just plain bad PKI to put attributes in Identity Certificates. What do you mean with this? Well, to

Re: Add extra informations to certs

2009-03-31 Thread Dirk Reske
Kyle Hamilton schrieb: On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 1:56 PM, Dirk Reske d...@devhost.de wrote: Second, it's just plain bad PKI to put attributes in Identity Certificates. What do you mean with this? Placing additional attributes in the Identity Certificates makes those attributes

Re: Add extra informations to certs

2009-03-31 Thread Kyle Hamilton
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 2:18 PM, Dirk Reske d...@devhost.de wrote: Yes, we know about the security issues with the extended private data. But this is no commercial project, but a case study at our university. Dirk Alright. (If any university in the US tried to do anything like this they'd be