Hierarchy
SAP_BASIS (Software Component) SAP Basis Component⤷
BC-SEC-LGN (Application Component) Authentication and SSO⤷
SUSR_KRN (Package) User Administration Tables Used Kernel-Side
Basic Data
| Data Element | CERT_DN_FORMAT |
| Short Description | Format Specification for the Distinguished Name |
Data Type
| Category of Dictionary Type | D | Domain |
| Type of Object Referenced | No Information | |
| Domain / Name of Reference Type | CERT_DN_FORMAT | |
| Data Type | INT4 | 4-byte integer, integer number with sign |
| Length | 10 | |
| Decimal Places | 0 | |
| Output Length | 11 | |
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Further Characteristics
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| No Input History | ||
| Basic direction is set to LTR | ||
| No BIDI Filtering |
Field Label
| Length | Field Label | |
| Short | 10 | Format |
| Medium | 15 | DN Format |
| Long | 20 | DN Format |
| Heading | 15 | DN Format |
Documentation
Definition
The character representation of attributes within a Distinguished Name is not uniform. The assignment of attribute names such as CN, S, ST, and so on, is, in part, not unique, that is, the internal conversion and processing of attribute names to OIDs and back can lead to different results in different cryptographic libraries, depending on the format used. Problems also occur in relation to the character set of the representation, that is, the processing of special characters above the ASCII character set leads to problems. It is therefore useful to specify the format for functions with a Distinguished Name.
Possible format specifications:
-1 => Internal format. The character set is not defined. This value ensures backward compatibility.
0 => SECUDE format for attributes. The internal character set is UTF-8.
1 => LDAP-compatible DN format. The internal character set is UTF-8.
Note
The OID assignment is not defined for the internal format of elements. The internal format does not define the character set. Using UTF-8 internally allows conversion to other Unicode formats, and in a heterogenuous landscape, you should therefore choose a format with this internal use.
Use
The format specification allows consistent use of Distinguished Names.
Dependencies
A SAPSECU or SAPCRYPTO SSF library is a prerequisite.
Example
History
| Last changed by/on | SAP | 20110908 |
| SAP Release Created in | 720 |
