Adding New Or Proprietary Attributes - Netscape MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 4.5 - PLUG-IN Manual

Note the following:
• Value converter class converts a string to a ASN.1 value.
• It must implement n
The string-to-value converter class can be one of these:
•
netscape.security.x509.PrintableConverter
Printable String value. The string must have only printable characters.
•
netscape.security.x509.IA5StringConverter
IA5String value. The string must have only IA5String characters.
•
netscape.security.x509.DirStrConverter
Directory (v3) String. The string is expected to be in DirectoryString format
according to RFC 2253.
•
netscape.security.x509.GenericValueConverter
character by character in the following order, from smaller character sets to
broadest character set: Printable, IA5String, BMPString, Universal String.
For example:
X500Name.MY_ATTR.oid=1.2.3.4.5.6
X500Name.MY_ATTR.class=netscape.security.x509.DirStrConverter

Adding New or Proprietary Attributes

To add a new or proprietary attribute that's not supported by Certificate
Management System by default:
Stop the Certificate Manager.
1.
Go to this directory:
2.
Open the configuration file,
3.
Add the new attributes to the configuration file.
4.
For example, if you want to add three proprietary attributes,
directoryString
PrintableString
configuration file:
X500Name.attr.MYATTR1.oid=1.2.3.4.5.6
X500Name.attr.MYATTR1.class=netscape.security.x509.
DirStrConverter
X500Name.attr.MYATTR2.oid=11.22.33.44.55.66
X500Name.attr.MYATTR2.class=netscape.security.x509.
etscape.security.x509.AVAValueConverter
<server_root>/cert-<instance_id>/config
, in a text editor.
CMS.cfg
, that is a
MYATTR2 IA5String
s, you would add the following lines at the end of the
DNs in Certificate Management System
—converts a string to a
—converts a string to a
—converts a string to a
—converts a string
MYATTR1
, and that is
MYATTR3
Appendix A Distinguished Names
interface.
that is a
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