[Servercert-wg] Subject name requirements for CA Certificates

Rob Stradling rob at sectigo.com
Tue Oct 8 11:04:17 MST 2019


On 08/10/2019 18:25, Ryan Sleevi via Servercert-wg wrote:
<snip>
> However, for CA certificates, both Root and Intermediate, the Baseline 
> Requirements only permit the following, as defined in Section 7.1.4.3.1
> 
>   * 7.1.4.3.1.a - commonName (OID 2.5.4.3)
>   * 7.1.4.3.1.b - organizationName (OID 2.5.4.10)
>   * 7.1.4.3.1.c - countryName (OID 2.5.4.6)
> 
> No other fields are listed in 7.1.4.3.1. Nor is there permission to 
> include any other attributes, comparable to 7.1.4.2.2.j

Nor is there prohibition to include any other attributes, comparable to 
EVG 9.2.9:
   "Other Subject Attributes
    CAs SHALL NOT include any Subject attributes except as specified in
    Section 9.2."

-- 
Rob Stradling
Senior Research & Development Scientist
Sectigo Limited



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