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Feature #13710

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Support UTF-8 CA/Certificate subject components

Added by Jim Pingle almost 2 years ago. Updated about 1 month ago.

Status:
New
Priority:
Low
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-
Category:
Certificates
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Plus Target Version:
25.01
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Description

Some support was added for UTF-8 CA/Certificate fields in #12041 but it isn't complete.

The backend seems to handle UTF-8 in the CN at least, and likely in other fields. Might need to experiment with how/when to use utf8_encode() and utf8_decode() if needed at various times. Quick test of disabling input validation showed that a CA with a CN of møøsë-ca could be created and caused no errors, but some of its components did not display properly in the cert info block.

There are several items to address:

  • Input validation needs relaxed on subject components to allow UTF-8 characters while also preventing characters which are not valid in those fields (CN, org/location fields, SANs)
  • Certain UTF-8 characters are not displayed properly, but running the DN string through utf8_encode() helps. e.g. Creating a CA with a common name of møøsë-ca fails to display properly
  • The method used for handling \x style UTF-8 strings in #12041 also needs to be done for other subject components, in particular the Authority Key ID does not display properly
  • Other areas of the GUI which display and/or utilize CA/Cert subjects or components also need to be checked for similar issues (e.g. cert-based IPsec identifiers)

And potentially more points along those lines that may be revealed during testing and development.

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