The rule of thumb for this use to cut from the right when reached the 64 
character or advise the customer of the issue and ask for another name to be 
included in the certificate. We face the problem every day because even for 
longer names, everything has to go in 2 languages, Spanish and basque, so it´s 
even worst than your expectations. But I wouldn´t go "against" RFC 5280 but ask 
PKIX for an update to allow more characters, but we all know that we´re not 
having an agree on this because, which should be the new length? 100? 150? No 
limit?


Iñigo Barreira
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-----Mensaje original-----
De: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] En nombre 
de Geoff Keating
Enviado el: miércoles, 24 de febrero de 2016 23:25
Para: Jeremy Rowley
CC: Stephen Davidson; [email protected]
Asunto: Re: [cabfpub] RFC5280


> On 24 Feb 2016, at 1:19 PM, Jeremy Rowley <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Exactly - there are a lot of these. Should we throw it in the OU and 
> split it up over multiple lines and put the O field in as " Ecole 
> Nationale Supérieure"?  There isn't a lot of guidance in the BRs with 
> respect to these long names.

I would suggest using the EV guideline:

If the combination of names or the organization name by itself exceeds 64 
characters, the CA MAY abbreviate parts of the organization name, and/or omit 
non-material words in the organization name in such a way that the text in this 
field does not exceed the 64-character limit; provided that the CA checks this 
field in accordance with section 11.12.1 and a Relying Party will not be misled 
into thinking that they are dealing with a different organization. In cases 
where this is not possible, the CA MUST NOT issue the EV Certificate.

Maybe we should move this into the BRs?  Or some simplified version of it that 
doesn’t drag in 11.12.1? 
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