Well, it is an IA5String containing obviously data encoded as hex-digits. I
ordered a certificate with date of birth and other things included and
assume that the data is in there. But Verisign refuses to explain.
Not only I think that a CA should play an open game here. In Germany the
inclusion of undocumented and unreadable data about a person in a public
document like this would be illegal. We had those discussions and
appropriate legislation and jurisdiction in Germany when introducing a
computer-readable ID-Card and a health insurance card. The cardholder has
to be informed about every information that is stored computer-readable on
the card, as he has a "right to know" which information he is giving away
by presenting the card to someone else.


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Ben,

� � � � Probably a non-critical extension Verisign uses internally to track
certificates. Looking at the ASN.1 would help. This kind of thing is
generally ignored in client's using the cert (i.e., browsers). The
support people probably have no clue, so I'm not surprised they could
not give an answer.

Bob Geiger

Ben Laurie wrote:
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> Anyone got any ideas?
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> Cheers,
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> Ben.
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