On Mon, 13 May 2002, Franck Martin wrote:

> I like to buy a certificate from verisign or thawte that allows me to
> sign other certificates. The test certificate produced have the
> extension CA:FALSE. I'm not sure if I can sign anything with this kind
> of certificate, please advise...

No. These certificates are not intended to sign any other entity. If you
order a standard certificate, you definitely won't have a CA certificate.
:)

> What happens when the certificate expires, how to renew it without
> having to renew other certificates?

When your own certificate expires, you only need to renew it. What else
would you like to renew?

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