> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dr Stephen Henson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 1999 6:35 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: req_attributes
>
>
> Wu Zhigang wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > can an expert give me some ideas what is mean of a
> > req_attributes? Do I have to provide these when
> > generate a req?
> >
> > [ req_attributes ]
> > challengePassword = A challenge password
> > challengePassword_min = 4
> > challengePassword_max = 20
> >
> > unstructuredName = An optional company name
> >
>
> Usually you can completely ignore these. They are part of the PKCS#10
> request specification but OpenSSL ignores them at present and few CAs
> require their use.
>
> The original idea behind challengePassword was to allow a
> password to be
> included with the request which would need to be given in order to
> revoke the certificate.
>
So I can completely delete the req_attributes section if I want to make a
minimal config file for making CSRs for common CAs?
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