Hey there,

for openssl, is it necessary to include the CN in the subjectAltName field if the latter one is present at all ?

I would expect the answer to be 'no' because I would expect the CN and subjectAltName field to be in a 'or' relation - so either one to match would be sufficient. Openssl (1.0.0j) complains if the subjectAltName extension is set and does not contain the CN. As expteced, it's all good if the extension is missing since the CN correctly contains the host name. Also, it's working propperly once I add the CN into the subjectAltName field but that's kind of weird - isn't it ?

Regards,
  Thomas
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