Red Hat CERTIFICATE SYSTEM 8.0 - ADMINISTRATION Admin Manual page 450

Appendix B. Defaults, Constraints, and Extensions for Certificates and CRLs
Parameter
IssuerName_n
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Description
point. The issuer name can be in any of the
following formats:
• RFC822Name
• DirectoryName
• DNSName
• EDIPartyName
• URIName
• IPAddress
• OIDName
• OtherName
Specifies the name format of the CRL issuer that
signed the CRL. The permissible values are as
follows:
• For RFC822Name, the value must be a
valid Internet mail address. For example,
testCA@example.com.
• For DirectoryName, the value must be
a string form of X.500 name, similar to the
subject name in a certificate. For example,
cn=SubCA, ou=Research Dept, o=Example
Corporation, c=US.
• For DNSName, the value must be a valid
fully-qualified domain name. For example,
testCA.example.com.
• For EDIPartyName, the value must be an
IA5String. For example, Example Corporation.
• For URIName, the value must be a non-relative
URI following the URL syntax and encoding
rules. The name must include both a scheme,
such as http, and a fully qualified domain
name or IP address of the host. For example,
http://testCA.example.com. Certificate System
supports both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.
• For IPAddress, the value must be
a valid IP address. An IPv4 address
must be in the format n.n.n.n or
n.n.n.n,m.m.m.m. For example, 128.21.39.40
or 128.21.39.40,255.255.255.00. An IPv6
address uses a 128-bit namespace, with