Re: Bug or Feature in "openssl x509 -text"?

[Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker]

From: Rich Salz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

rsalz> > the CN and Email are separated by a "/" while all other DN components are
rsalz> > separated by ", ". Is there a reason for this behaviour?
rsalz> 
rsalz> Because the openssl code 'knows' about some RDNs, and then it just gloms
rsalz> the rest on the end. :)

Actually, this is one of the times where size matters.

To get better output, one should consider something like this:

   openssl x509 -text -nameopt RFC2253

Note: -nameopt is very new, I'm not even sure it's there in 0.9.6.

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