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483.1.2 X509Name objects
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Jean-Paul Calderone897bc252008-02-18 20:50:23 -0500[diff] [blame]51<P>
Jean-Paul Calderone2dd8ff52008-03-24 17:43:58 -0400[diff] [blame]52X509Name objects have the following methods:
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55<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-55'><tt class='method'>hash</tt></a></b>()
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57Return an integer giving the first four bytes of the MD5 digest of the DER
58representation of the name.
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64Return a string giving the DER representation of the name.
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70Return a list of two-tuples of strings giving the components of the name.
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Jean-Paul Calderone2aa2b332008-03-06 21:43:14 -0500[diff] [blame]74X509Name objects have the following members:
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Jean-Paul Calderonec54cc182008-03-26 21:11:07 -0400[diff] [blame]77<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-58'><tt class='member'>countryName</tt></a></b>
Jean-Paul Calderone897bc252008-02-18 20:50:23 -0500[diff] [blame]78<dd>
79The country of the entity. <code>C</code> may be used as an alias for
80<code>countryName</code>.
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Jean-Paul Calderonec54cc182008-03-26 21:11:07 -0400[diff] [blame]84<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-59'><tt class='member'>stateOrProvinceName</tt></a></b>
Jean-Paul Calderone897bc252008-02-18 20:50:23 -0500[diff] [blame]85<dd>
86The state or province of the entity. <code>ST</code> may be used as an alias for
87<code>stateOrProvinceName</code>ยท
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Jean-Paul Calderonec54cc182008-03-26 21:11:07 -0400[diff] [blame]91<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-60'><tt class='member'>localityName</tt></a></b>
Jean-Paul Calderone897bc252008-02-18 20:50:23 -0500[diff] [blame]92<dd>
93The locality of the entity. <code>L</code> may be used as an alias for
94<code>localityName</code>.
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Jean-Paul Calderonec54cc182008-03-26 21:11:07 -0400[diff] [blame]98<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-61'><tt class='member'>organizationName</tt></a></b>
Jean-Paul Calderone897bc252008-02-18 20:50:23 -0500[diff] [blame]99<dd>
100The organization name of the entity. <code>O</code> may be used as an alias for
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Jean-Paul Calderonec54cc182008-03-26 21:11:07 -0400[diff] [blame]105<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-62'><tt class='member'>organizationalUnitName</tt></a></b>
Jean-Paul Calderone897bc252008-02-18 20:50:23 -0500[diff] [blame]106<dd>
107The organizational unit of the entity. <code>OU</code> may be used as an alias for
108<code>organizationalUnitName</code>.
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Jean-Paul Calderonec54cc182008-03-26 21:11:07 -0400[diff] [blame]112<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-63'><tt class='member'>commonName</tt></a></b>
Jean-Paul Calderone897bc252008-02-18 20:50:23 -0500[diff] [blame]113<dd>
114The common name of the entity. <code>CN</code> may be used as an alias for
115<code>commonName</code>.
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Jean-Paul Calderonec54cc182008-03-26 21:11:07 -0400[diff] [blame]119<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-64'><tt class='member'>emailAddress</tt></a></b>
Jean-Paul Calderone897bc252008-02-18 20:50:23 -0500[diff] [blame]120<dd>
121The e-mail address of the entity.
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