SSL attribute section and unreadable

Have you  ever crafted a CSR and set the attributes,  but found the attribute  where unreadable when using openssl or one of the many  CSR/CERT checkers?

 The problem could be the string_mask.




Here's the manpage for openssl req

Now let's look at how we can set the string mask in our ssl config file

Now with  the cli cmd openssl req -in <csrname> -noout -text  the  attribute strings are readable

kfelix @ socpuppets.com

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