[DOCS-9785] Member authentication and certificate Distinguished Name Created: 17/Jan/17  Updated: 30/Oct/23

Status: Closed
Project: Documentation
Component/s: manual, Server
Affects Version/s: None
Fix Version/s: Server_Docs_20231030

Type: Bug Priority: Major - P3
Reporter: Ricardo Lorenzo Assignee: Unassigned
Resolution: Won't Do Votes: 0
Labels: docs-triage, security, ssl, x509
Remaining Estimate: Not Specified
Time Spent: Not Specified
Original Estimate: Not Specified

Participants:
Days since reply: 1 year, 14 weeks, 2 days ago
Epic Link: DOCSP-1769

 Description   

There seems to be a bug in the documentation: https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/tutorial/configure-x509-client-authentication/#client-x-509-certificate

A client x.509 certificate’s subject, which contains the Distinguished Name (DN), must differ from that of a Member x.509 Certificate. Specifically, the subjects must differ with regards to at least one of the following attributes: Organization (O), the Organizational Unit (OU) or the Domain Component (DC)

While the first part is correct, as the DN must differ. The field which is usually different is the CN (Common Name) which isn't included in the list of attributes. Therefore, this is misleading and incorrect.



 Comments   
Comment by Education Bot [ 31/Oct/22 ]

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