X500DistinguishedName Class

Represents the distinguished name of an X509 certificate. This class cannot be inherited.

Syntax

[System.MonoTODO("Some X500DistinguishedNameFlags options aren't supported, like DoNotUsePlusSign, DoNotUseQuotes and ForceUTF8Encoding")]
public sealed class X500DistinguishedName : System.Security.Cryptography.AsnEncodedData

Remarks

This class is like an extension to the X509Certificate2.SubjectName or X509Certificate2.IssuerName property, which is the name of the person or entity that the certificate is being issued to. X.500 is an international standard for distributed directory services. The distinguished name uses the following format:

[X500:/C=CountryCode/O=Organization/OU=OrganizationUnit/CN=CommonName]

The following field length limits apply:


CountryCode	2 characters
Organization	Up to 64 characters
OrganizationUnit	Up to 32 characters
CommonName	Up to 64 characters

The following guidelines apply:

Field values can be uppercase or lowercase.
Delimiters are slash marks (/) and must appear before the first value and between subsequent values.
Delimiters can be followed by a space.

The following is an example of a correctly formatted name: [X500:/ C=US/ O=Microsoft/ OU=WGA/ CN=TedSt]

Requirements

Namespace: System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates
Assembly: System (in System.dll)
Assembly Versions: 2.0.0.0, 4.0.0.0
Since: .NET 2.0