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description: The Distinguished Name (DN) of the owner (or requester) of the
  certificate in the request in [RFC
  2253](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2253) format.
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# cf.tls\_client\_auth.cert\_subject\_dn\_rfc2253

`cf.tls_client_auth.cert_subject_dn_rfc2253` String

The Distinguished Name (DN) of the owner (or requester) of the certificate in the request in [RFC 2253](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2253) format.

This field is only filled in if the request includes a client certificate for [mTLS authentication](https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/client-certificates/enable-mtls/).

Example value:

```txt
"CN=James Royal,OU=Access Admins,O=Access,L=Austin,ST=Texas,C=US"
```

Categories:

* Request
* mTLS
