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author | Andris Kalnozols <andris@hpl.hp.com> | 2014-06-28 19:41:02 +0200 |
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committer | Gert Doering <gert@greenie.muc.de> | 2014-07-10 20:09:27 +0200 |
commit | f4e0ad82b0eaccce965074c1ceec2b7e3853dc0d (patch) | |
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parent | 0c21b2dba9fca5f3e7effc45a495be1f5a9d0246 (diff) | |
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Do not upcase x509-username-field for mixed-case arguments.
I revisited options.c to refine its brute-force upcasing behavior. Now, the
upcasing is done only if the option argument is all lowercase. Mixed-case
arguments and those with the "ext:" prefix are left unchanged. This
preserves the original intent of the "helpful" upcasing feature for
backwards compatibility while limiting its scope in a straightforward way.
Signed-off-by: Andris Kalnozols <andris@hpl.hp.com>
Signed-off-by: Steffan Karger <steffan.karger@fox-it.com>
Acked-by: Arne Schwabe <arne@rfc2549.org>
Message-Id: <53B1BDD8.8020705@karger.me>
Signed-off-by: Gert Doering <gert@greenie.muc.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
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1 files changed, 38 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/openvpn.8 b/doc/openvpn.8 index 76b7bfd..6d4f3cf 100644 --- a/doc/openvpn.8 +++ b/doc/openvpn.8 @@ -4790,12 +4790,44 @@ the tls-verify script returns. The file name used for the certificate is available via the peer_cert environment variable. .\"********************************************************* .TP -.B \-\-x509-username-field fieldname -Field in x509 certificate subject to be used as username (default=CN). -.B Fieldname -will be uppercased before matching. When this option is used, the -.B \-\-verify-x509-username -option will match against the chosen fieldname instead of the CN. +.B \-\-x509-username-field [ext:\]fieldname +Field in the X.509 certificate subject to be used as the username (default=CN). +Typically, this option is specified with +.B fieldname +as either of the following: + +.B \-\-x509-username-field +emailAddress +.br +.B \-\-x509-username-field ext:\fRsubjectAltName + +The first example uses the value of the "emailAddress" attribute in the +certificate's Subject field as the username. The second example uses +the +.B ext: +prefix to signify that the X.509 extension +.B fieldname +"subjectAltName" be searched for an rfc822Name (email) field to be used +as the username. In cases where there are multiple email addresses +in +.B ext:fieldname\fR, +the last occurrence is chosen. + +When this option is used, the +.B \-\-verify-x509-name +option will match against the chosen +.B fieldname +instead of the Common Name. + +.B Please note: +This option has a feature which will convert an all-lowercase +.B fieldname +to uppercase characters, e.g., ou -> OU. A mixed-case +.B fieldname +or one having the +.B ext: +prefix will be left as-is. This automatic upcasing feature +is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. .\"********************************************************* .TP .B \-\-tls-remote name (DEPRECATED) |