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Subject Alternative Name
Subject
Alternative Name
is an
extension
to X.509 that
allows
various
values
to be associated with a
security certificate
using a
subjectAltName
field
. These values are called
Subject Alternative
Names
. Names include:
Email addresses
IP addresses
URIs
DNS
names: this is usually also provided as the Common Name
RDN
within
the Subject
field of the main
certificate
.
Directory
names:
alternative
Distinguished Names
to that given in the Subject.
Other
names
, given as a
General Name
or
Universal
Principal
Name
: a
registered
object identifier
followed by
a value
.