[Freeipa-devel] [PATCH 0004-0012] Automatic CSR generation

[Petr Spacek]

On 15.8.2016 15:16, Fraser Tweedale wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 02:52:46PM +0200, Petr Spacek wrote:
>> On 2.8.2016 05:57, Fraser Tweedale wrote:
>>>>> Hah! This is what I get for thinking I know what the output has to look
>>>>> like, and not testing all the way through to requesting the cert. I'll
>>>>> change the profile to generate a subject with CN= instead of UID=. Updated
>>>>> patch is attached. Unfortunately these rules are only updated at
>>>>> ipa-server-install time, so if you'd like to fix it without reinstalling:
>>>>>
>>> (Tangential commentary...) Yeah, currently cert-request demands the
>>> CN.  There is a design to relax the requirement to handle empty
>>> subject names (look at SAN only).  IMO it would make sense to accept
>>> other "obvious" mappings in Subject DN like accepting UID instead of
>>> CN for user subjects, but that would be a separate RFE.  Noone has
>>> actually asked for it yet :)
>>
>> Side-note:
>> I thought that subject format is enforced by certificate profile on server.
>> Am I wrong?
>>
> You are right - what I suggested above would (today) require a
> custom profile.

Sooo...
can we just relax existing profiles not to require CN= but accept SAN-only CSRs?

:-)

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Petr^2 Spacek