in OpenSSL can have a short name, a long name and a numerical identifier (NID) associated with them. A standard set of objects is represented in an internal table. The appropriate values are defined in the header file <b>objects.h</b>.</p>

<p>For example the OID for commonName has the following definitions:</p>

<pre><code>#define SN_commonName                   &quot;CN&quot;
#define LN_commonName                   &quot;commonName&quot;
#define NID_commonName                  13</code></pre>

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