active directory - X509 Certificate: Identity of DN (Distinguished Names) -


i use keytool create x509 certificate subject:

cn=alice, ou=demo client, o=mycompany, l=site1, st=wll, c=nz

but after create csr , entry signed (i use "openssl ca") "o" , "l" reversed:

cn=alice, ou=demo client, l=site1, o=mycompany, st=wll, c=nz

are both subjects still considered same? or order important?

they may or may not same, depending on how subject distinguished name (dn) encoded in csr , certificate. dn defined x.501 type name. rfc 5280:

   name ::= choice { -- 1 possibility --      rdnsequence  rdnsequence }     rdnsequence ::= sequence of relativedistinguishedname     relativedistinguishedname ::=      set size (1..max) of attributetypeandvalue     attributetypeandvalue ::= sequence {      type     attributetype,      value    attributevalue }     attributetype ::= object identifier     attributevalue ::= -- defined attributetype 

the distinguishednamematch rule defined in rfc 5280 section 7.1 (emphasis mine):

two naming attributes match if attribute types same , values of attributes exact match after processing string preparation algorithm. two relative distinguished names rdn1 , rdn2 match if have same number of naming attributes , each naming attribute in rdn1 there matching naming attribute in rdn2. 2 distinguished names dn1 , dn2 match if have same number of rdns, each rdn in dn1 there matching rdn in dn2, , matching rdns appear in same order in both dns. distinguished name dn1 within subtree defined distinguished name dn2 if dn1 contains @ least many rdns dn2, , dn1 , dn2 match when trailing rdns in dn1 ignored.

if organization (o) , location (l) attributes appear in same relative distinguished name set in subject dn of both csr , certificate, else being equal, dns equal. if in different rdns, order of rdns has been changed, making dns different.


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