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Description of parameters defined in the AuthInfoAccessExt module (Continued)
Table 4-2
Parameter Description
Specifies the general-name type for the location that contains additional information
ad<n>_location
about the CA that has issued the certificate in which this extension appears.
_type
Permissible values: rfc822Name, directoryName, dNSName, ediPartyName,
URL, iPAddress, OID, or otherName.
• Select rfc822Name if the location is an Internet mail address.
• Select directoryName if the location is an X.500 directory name.
• Select dNSName if the location is a DNS name.
• Select ediPartyName if the location is a EDI party name.
• Select URL if the location is a uniform resource identifier (default).
• Select iPAddress if the location is an IP address.
• Select OID if the location is an object identifier.
• Select otherName if the location is in any other name form.
Example: URL
Specifies the address or location to get additional information about the CA that has
ad<n>_location
issued the certificate in which this extension appears.
Permissible values: Depends on the location type you specified in the
ad<n>_location_type field.
• If you selected rfc822Name, the value must be a valid Internet mail address in
• If you selected directoryName, the value must be a string form of X.500 name,
• If you selected dNSName, the value must be a valid domain name in the
• If you selected ediPartyName, the value must be an IA5String. For example,
the local-part@domain format; see the definition of an rfc822Name as
defined in RFC 822 (http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc0822.txt). You may
use upper and lower case letters in the mail address; no significance is attached to
the case. For example, ocspResponder@siroe.com.
similar to the subject name in a certificate, in the RFC 2253 syntax (see
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2253.txt). Note that RFC 2253 replaces
RFC 1779. For example, CN=corpDirectory, OU=IS, O=siroe.com, C=US.
preferred-name syntax as specified in RFC 1034
(http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1034.txt). You may use upper and lower
case letters in the domain name; no significance is attached to the case. Do not use
the string " " for the DNS name. Also don't use the DNS representation for
Internet mail addresses; such identities should be encoded as rfc822Name. For
example, ocspResponder.siroe.com.
Siroe Corporation.
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