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authorMatt Caswell <matt@openssl.org>2018-02-23 19:48:11 +0000
committerMatt Caswell <matt@openssl.org>2018-03-15 12:51:34 +0000
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parent2cedf79474ebc7bf910980f397decfaddec7122b (diff)
Allow multiple entries without a Subject even if unique_subject == yes
It is quite likely for there to be multiple certificates with empty subjects, which are still distinct because of subjectAltName. Therefore we allow multiple certificates with an empty Subject even if unique_subject is set to yes. Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/5444)
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@@ -469,6 +469,10 @@ versions of OpenSSL. However, to make CA certificate roll-over easier,
it's recommended to use the value B<no>, especially if combined with
the B<-selfsign> command line option.
+Note that it is valid in some circumstances for certificates to be created
+without any subject. In the case where there are multiple certificates without
+subjects this does not count as a duplicate.
+
=item B<serial>
A text file containing the next serial number to use in hex. Mandatory.