UID was never a lable for uniqueIdentifier. However, LDAP and certain
authorRichard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org>
Tue, 4 Dec 2001 11:01:17 +0000 (11:01 +0000)
committerRichard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org>
Tue, 4 Dec 2001 11:01:17 +0000 (11:01 +0000)
commitd4704d5245bd98caafac68822b696104868871d5
tree82001f3f73c1302de01c32a5c62e2908740b5ce1
parent8f0edcb3d28f3b8d96e10ad24e46d9e43bd1aab5
UID was never a lable for uniqueIdentifier.  However, LDAP and certain
RFCs concerning X.500 directories use UID as a shorter name for the
attribute type userId, which is defined by CCITT and available through
RFCs 1274 and 2247.

Unfortunately, if some applications have used the name "UID" for the
uniqueIdentifier attribute type, they will produce incorrect results.
However, I found it better to follow the standards that are out there
rather than having our own incompatible one.
crypto/objects/obj_dat.h
crypto/objects/obj_mac.h
crypto/objects/obj_mac.num
crypto/objects/objects.txt