#6526 remove "request certificate with subjectaltname" permission
Closed: Fixed None Opened 7 years ago by ftweedal.

We currently have a "request certificate with subjectaltname" permission.

subjectAltName is required or relevant in most certificate use cases (esp. TLS,
where carrying DNS name in Subject DN CN attribute is deprecated.)

Therefore it does not really make sense to have a special permission for this,
over and above "request certificate" permission.

Furthermore, in IPA specifically:

  • we rigorously validate contents of SAN against subject principal data

  • the "request certificate with subjectaltname" permission check is
    currently waived for self-service requests or if the operator is a host
    principal.

Therefore, we should just remove this permission and remove associated code
from cert_request.


master:

  • bdbb1c3 Remove "Request Certificate with SubjectAltName" permission

Metadata Update from @ftweedal:
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- Issue set to the milestone: FreeIPA 4.5

7 years ago

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