Re: Subject CN and SANs

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Salz, Rich via openssl-users <openssl-users@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
    > Putting the DNS name in the CN part of the subjectDN has been
    > deprecated for a very long time (more than 10 years), although it
    > is still supported by many existing browsers. New certificates
    > should only use the subjectAltName extension.

Fair enough.

It seems that the "openssl ca" mechanism still seem to want a subjectDN
defined.  Am I missing some mechanism that would let me omit all of that?  Or
is a patch needed to kill what seems like a current operational requirement?

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