[Pki-users] Problem with Subject Alternative Name Extension

Riccardo Brunetti riccardo.brunetti at to.infn.it
Tue Mar 20 14:27:45 UTC 2012


Thanks Joshua for the prompt reply and answer.
I used the User Supplied Extension Default and it works.

Thank you very much again

Best Regards
Riccardo

Riccardo Brunetti
INFN-Torino
Tel: +390116707295
riccardo.brunetti at to.infn.it




On 20/mar/2012 12, at 12:29, Joshua Roys wrote:

> On 03/20/2012 06:54 AM, Riccardo Brunetti wrote:
>> 
>> Dear pki-users.
>> 
>> I'm trying to setup a pki-ca instance to produce X509 certificates which include a Subject Alternative Name Extension with the following attributes:
>> 
>> Criticality = not critical
>> Type = RFC822Name
>> Value = the email of the requestor.
>> 
>> I'm using the Signed CMC-Authenticated User Certificate Enrollment profile and this is the relevant section of my /var/lib/pki-ca/profiles/ca/caFullCMCUserCert.cfg file:
>> 
>> policyset.cmcUserCertSet.8.constraint.class_id=extensionConstraintImpl
>> policyset.cmcUserCertSet.8.constraint.name=Extension Constraint
>> policyset.cmcUserCertSet.8.constraint.params.extCritical=false
>> policyset.cmcUserCertSet.8.constraint.params.extOID=2.5.29.17
>> policyset.cmcUserCertSet.8.default.class_id=subjectAltNameExtDefaultImpl
>> policyset.cmcUserCertSet.8.default.name=Subject Alternative Name Extension Default
>> policyset.cmcUserCertSet.8.default.params.subjAltExtGNEnable_0=true
>> policyset.cmcUserCertSet.8.default.params.subjAltExtPattern_0=$request.requestor_email$
>> policyset.cmcUserCertSet.8.default.params.subjAltExtType_0=RFC822Name
>> policyset.cmcUserCertSet.8.default.params.subjAltNameExtCritical=false
>> policyset.cmcUserCertSet.8.default.params.subjAltNameNumGNs=1
>> 
>> The input certificate request is generated using certutil and CMCEnroll and the command used is the following:
>> 
>> certutil -R -g 2048 -s "<the-subject>" -7"<the-requestor-email>" -d<a-local-dir>  ……
>> 
>> The certificate is generated, but the extension is not populated with the email address and I always get:
>> 
>> Identifier: Subject Alternative Name - 2.5.29.17
>>                     Critical: no
>>                     Value:
>>                         RFC822Name: $request.requestor_email$
>> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> In short, the email is not being looked at because $request.requestor_email$ is created through the WebUI through an input box (Requestor Email).  See [1] for some more variables.  You may want to configure the caFullCMCUserCert to copy all subjAltNames in the input to the output certificate using the User Supplied Extension Default (with 2.5.29.17 as the argument):
> "This default populates a User-Supplied Extension (2.5.29.17) to the request."
> 
> Josh
> 
> [1] http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Certificate_System/8.0/html/Admin_Guide/Managing_Subject_Names_and_Subject_Alternative_Names.html#tab.Variables_Used_to_Populate_Certificates
> 
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