This check checks if the CSR's name contains a field with no value. For example, the CSR Decoder would issue a warning about the name given below because the locality field is present, but has no value.
CN=www.acme.com, O=acme, L=, C=gb
The reason for this warning is that some CAs may reject CSRs that contain fields with empty values.
Checks for weak RSA keys generated by Debian-based
systems. It uses the dowkd blacklist, which may be incomplete.
This page contains CSRs and certificates with known weak keys. Please let us know if it fails to identify a CSR or certificate you know to have weak key.
In May 2008, the Debian team announced that Luciano Bello
had discovered a vulnerabilty in the
Debian OpenSSL package. The impact was that all SSL and SSH
keys generated on Debian-based systems (including Ubuntu)
released between September 2006 and May 13th 2008 may be affected.
The Debian Security Team disclosed
this vulnerability in
Debian Security Advisory 1571.
The best resource on this vulnerability is the
Debian Wiki.
We have also written about this in our
CSR FAQ.