Thanks for the excellent information Craig.  

Now, the last question is: 

How do i do it?  (what are the steps i need to take to configure OpenCA so
that the user certs have the emailAddress in the DN?)

Thanks!

...alex...



On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 01:11:24PM +1200, Craig McGregor wrote:
> >  * I read a message that said that putting email  address in the cert is
> >    deprecated according to the RFCs.  Can someone  tell me why?  
> 
> I think it was with the thought that users e-mail address might change without
> invalidating the identity of the user? It is also usually including in 
>SubjectAltName,
> so is duplicated.
> 
> There are also very good reasons for including them, such as ensuring uniqueness
> of DN's in a PKI where multiple users have the same name.
> 
> >  * Is it possible to have the Email address attribute be "E" instead of
> >    "EMAILADDRESS"?  If so, how would I do this?
> 
> It looks like 'emailAddress' in OpenCA's web interfaces, but once the certificate
> is generated you will notice it is actually E= in the DN. 


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