16.3 Assigning Alternate Subject Names

  1. Specify the following details:

    Name Type: Names as specified by RFC 2459.

    • Directory name: An X.500 directory name. The required format for the name is .<attribute name>=<attribute value>. For example:

      .O=novell.C=US

      Access Manager supports the following attributes:

      • Country (C)
      • Organization (O)
      • Organizational Unit (OU)
      • State or Province (S or ST)
      • Locality (L)
      • Common Name (CN)

    • IP Address: An IP address such as 222.123.123.123

    • URI: A URI such as www.novell.com.

    • Registered ID: An ASN.1 object identifier.

    • DNS Name: A domain name such as novell.com.

    • Email Address (RFC 822 name): An e-mail address such as ca@novell.com.

    • X400 Name: The messaging and e-mail standard specified by the ITU-TS (International Telecommunications Union - Telecommunication Standard Sector). It is an alternative to the more prevalent Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) e-mail protocol. X.400 is common in Europe and Canada.

    • EDI Party: EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) is a standard format for exchanging business data.

    • Other: A user-defined name.

    Name: The display alternative name.

  2. Continue with Step 10.