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Subject Alternative Name has explicit differentiation between IP address and DNS names [1]. And fortunately the fallback to the the common name (CN) attribut
by praseodym 8y ago
Subject Alternative Name has explicit differentiation
between IP address and DNS names [1].
And fortunately the fallback to the the common name (CN) attribute that does not have this explicit differentiation was deprecated since 2000 in RFC 2818, and more recently also by both Chrome and Firefox [2,3].
[1] https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5280#section-4.2.1.6 https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5280#section-4.2.1.6
[2] https://www.chromestatus.com/features/4981025180483584 https://www.chromestatus.com/features/4981025180483584
[3] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1245280 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1245280