Rene G. Eberhard (keyon) wrote:
>
>
> I haven't checked your patch but UTF8 should defenitely NOT
> be interpreted as Printable. UTF8 has the same character
> repetoire as Universal. Unicode for example is suppored by
> Universal and UTF8.
>
Printable (not to be confused with PrintableString) is something used
for various kinds of character strings in OpenSSL: its been around since
SSLeay. Its sort of a DirectoryString that also tolerates other types.
Its used for things like DNs. As such UTF8String should be in there.
Steve.
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