Show an example of moving the emailAddress object from the subkect DN

to subjectAltName when signing a certificate.

diff --git a/apps/openssl.cnf b/apps/openssl.cnf
index 5071d858c5d3aa89a0ead73819674936c7ae60e6..eca51c3322803c21c213c72516126a869bbc7f80 100644 (file)
--- a/apps/openssl.cnf
+++ b/apps/openssl.cnf
@@ -188,6 +188,9 @@ authorityKeyIdentifier=keyid,issuer:always
 # This stuff is for subjectAltName and issuerAltname.
 # Import the email address.
 # subjectAltName=email:copy
+# An alternative to produce certificates that aren't
+# deprecated according to PKIX.
+# subjectAltName=email:move
 
 # Copy subject details
 # issuerAltName=issuer:copy