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

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