[Bug crypto/45887] New: javax.security.auth.x500.X500Principal encodes tag of value of countryName as UTF8STRING

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http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=45887

           Summary: javax.security.auth.x500.X500Principal encodes tag of
                    value of countryName as UTF8STRING
           Product: classpath
           Version: unspecified
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: crypto
        AssignedTo: address@hidden
        ReportedBy: address@hidden


javax.security.auth.x500.X500Principal encodes the tag of attribute type value
of countryName as UTF8STRING, which must be PRINTABLESTRING, as Appendix A.1 of
RFC 5280 reads:
  X520countryName ::=     PrintableString (SIZE (2))
and there are no choice of UTF8String.