Re: Subject CN and SANs

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> On Dec 23, 2018, at 4:29 PM, Kyle Hamilton <aerowolf@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> SubjectCN is an operational requirement of X.509, I believe.

You're confusing the DN and the CN.

>  It's not optional in the data structure, at any rate.

The subjectDN is not optional, but it can be empty sequence, and
is empty for domains whose name exceeds the CN length limit of either
63 or 64 characters (can't recall which of the two just now, but that
is not important).

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	Viktor.

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