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IssuerAltNameExt Plug-in Module
184 Netscape Certificate Management System Plug-Ins Guide • May 2002
generalName<n>.general
NameChoice
Specifies the general-name type for the alternative name you want to
include in the extension.
Permissible values:
rfc822Name
,
directoryName
,
dNSName
,
ediPartyName
,
URL
,
iPAddress
,
OID
, or
otherName
.
• Select
rfc822Name
if the alternative name is an Internet mail address
(default).
• Select
directoryName
if the alternative name is an X.500 directory
name.
• Select
dNSName
if the alternative name is a DNS name.
• Select
ediPartyName
if the alternative name is a EDI party name.
• Select
URL
if the alternative name is a uniform resource locator (URL).
• Select
iPAddress
if the alternative name is an IP address.
• Select
OID
if the alternative name is an object identifier.
• Select
otherName
if the alternative name is in any other name form.
Example:
rfc822Name
generalName<n>.general
NameValue
Specifies the general-name value for the alternative name you want to
include in the extension.
Permissible values: Depends on the general-name type you selected in the
generalName<n>.generalNameChoice
field.
• If you selected
rfc822Name
, the value must be a valid Internet mail
address in the
local-part@domain
format; see the definition of an
rfc822Name
as defined in RFC 822
(
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc0822.txt
). You may use upper
and lower case letters in the mail address; no significance is attached to
the case. For example,
testCA@example.com
.
• If you selected
directoryName
, the value must be a string form of
X.500 name, similar to the subject name in a certificate, in the RFC 2253
syntax (see
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2253.txt
). Note that
RFC 2253 replaces RFC 1779. For example,
CN=CA
Corp,OU=Research Dept,O=Example Corporation, C=US
.
Table 4-12
Description of parameters defined in the IssuerAltNameExt module (Continued)
Parameter Description