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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions content/en/docs/glossary.md
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title: Glossary
slug: glossary
lastmod: 2026-09-04
lastmod: 2026-09-08
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description: "A glossary of terms related to SSL/TLS certificates, HTTPS, and web security used by Let's Encrypt."
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{{% def id="CT-log" name="Certificate Transparency Log" %}} A component of [Certificate Transparency](#def-CT) that accepts submissions of certificates and [precertificates](#def-precertificate) and incorporates them into a permanent, verifiable, publicly-accessible list. {{% /def %}}

{{% def id="CN" name="Common Name" abbr="CN" %}} Part of a certificate's [Subject](#def-subject) describing what the certificate is about. For [roots](#def-root) and [intermediates](#def-intermediate) it's the human-readable name of the [certificate authority](#def-CA). For [leaf certificates](#def-leaf) it's one of the domain names on the certificate. Note: The common name is limited to 63 characters. It is an obsolete method of indicating a domain name to which the certificate applies, since current Internet standards expect software to check only the [Subject Alternative Names](#def-SAN) in order to determine the applicability of a certificate. {{% /def %}}
{{% def id="CN" name="Common Name" abbr="CN" %}} Part of a certificate's [Subject](#def-subject) describing what the certificate is about. For [roots](#def-root) and [intermediates](#def-intermediate) it's the human-readable name of the [certificate authority](#def-CA). For [leaf certificates](#def-leaf) it's one of the domain names on the certificate. Note: The common name is limited to 64 characters. It is an obsolete method of indicating a domain name to which the certificate applies, since current Internet standards expect software to check only the [Subject Alternative Names](#def-SAN) in order to determine the applicability of a certificate. {{% /def %}}

{{% def id="cross-signing" name="Cross Signing" %}} An issuing certificate may be signed by more than one [root](#def-root), possibly from different CAs. When one CA signs another CA's certificate, it's called cross-signing. {{% /def %}}

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title: Profiles
slug: profiles
lastmod: 2026-07-14
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| [Max Names](#max-names) | 100 |
| [Identifier Types](#identifier-types) | DNS |

<sup id="footnote-1">\*</sup>: If the CSR submitted at finalize time requests a specific Common Name that corresponds to a dNSName Subject Alternative Name, that request is honored. If the CSR does not request a specific Common Name, the first dNSName Subject Alternative Name requested will be promoted into the Subject Common Name. If either the requested name or the to-be-promoted name is too long to fit in the Common Name field (64+ characters), the Common Name will be left empty.
<sup id="footnote-1">\*</sup>: If the CSR submitted at finalize time requests a specific Common Name that corresponds to a dNSName Subject Alternative Name, that request is honored. If the CSR does not request a specific Common Name, the first dNSName Subject Alternative Name requested will be promoted into the Subject Common Name. The length limit on the Common Name field is 64 characters. If the Common Name would be 65 or more characters, it will be left empty.

<sup id="footnote-2">†</sup>: Only included for certificates with RSA public keys.

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