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Standard certificates fields

Server and client standard certificates hold specific fields according to their type and use. You'll find those specifics here under.

Client certificates

DigiCert Email Novice
Sectigo S/MIME MV
Sectigo S/MIME OV DigiCert Authentication DigiCert Email Encryption
DigiCert Email Signature
DigiCert Email Premium
CN - Common name - Organization name as declared in official registers
TBS CERTIFICATS
First name + Last name
FirstName LastName
or
Organization / department
TBS CERTIFICATS
Accounting
*Holder's e-mail address (recommended)
accounting@domain.com
or
First name + Last name
FirstName LastName
or
pseudonym
Pseudo
E - Email Holder's e-mail address
accounting@domain.com
Holder's e-mail address
accounting@domain.com
- Holder's e-mail address
accounting@domain.com
O - Organization - Organization name as declared in official registers
TBS CERTIFICATS
Organization name as declared in official registers
TBS CERTIFICATS
Organization name as declared in official registers
TBS CERTIFICATS
OU - Organizational Unit - Format: text (optional) - -
Street - Format: text
22 rue de Bretagne
- -
POBox - - - -
L - Location - Format: text
CAEN
Format: text
CAEN
Format: text
CAEN
PostalCode - Format: text
14000
- -
ST - State - Format: text
CALVADOS
Format: text
CALVADOS
Format: text
CALVADOS
C - Country - Format: Country code
FR
Format: Country code
FR
Format: Country code
FR
Phone - - - -
SAN Holder's e-mail address
accounting@domain.com
Holder's e-mail address
accounting@domain.com
- Holder's e-mail address
accounting@domain.com

*: The CN must NOT contain a company name or any string that could be confused with a company name. If the CN is not an e-mail address then its value is under the responsibility of the requester and the authority can revoke the certificate at any time if deemed invalid.

Server certificates

DIGICERT & SECTIGO OTHER
WILDCARD OTHER WILDCARD OTHER
CN - Common name Format: "*+domain+tld"
*.subdom.tbs-certificats.com
Format: Server name / FQDN
www.tbs-certificats.com
Format: "*+domain+tld"
*.subdom.tbs-certificats.com
Format: Server name / FQDN
www.tbs-certificats.com
O - Organization The corporate name of your company (no trade name or acronym), in uppercase
TBS CERTIFICATS
ST: State Each authority applies its own policy. This field can be deleted or indicate the department or the region
CALVADOS
NORMANDIE
L : Location The city where your company headquarters are based
CAEN
ATTENTION: for SECTIGO, this field is deleted when the certificate is issued.
C - Country Format: Country code
FR
OU: Organisational unit Field deleted during issuance We advise not to fill in this field or to enter a generic term
IT DEPARTMENT
Note that each certification authority apply its own rules. This field can be corrected or deleted during issuance