On Wed, Jul 14, 2010, Inganti, Dheeraj wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to generate a certificate request and was trying to add
> 'otherName' type in SubjectAlternate name extension. I have below code to
> add the otherName.
> 
> add_ext(exts, NID_subject_alt_name,
> "otherName:1.3.6.1.4.1.311.20.2.3;UTF8:[email protected]");
> 
> Is this a right way to add otherName in Subject Alt name extension?
> 
> I dont get any errors but when I look, I find Subject Alternate name as
> SubjectAltName=othername:<unsupported>
> 
> 
> Could you help me understand why it is showing as unsupported. I am using
> 0.9.8e openSSL. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
> 
> 

That's perfectly normal. It's just that OpenSSL doesn't (currently) support
printing out the subjectAltName otherName options.

Steve.
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Dr Stephen N. Henson. OpenSSL project core developer.
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