Hi Bear,

> As I said, just remember to use some intelligence.  Verify the
> issuer, be prepared for the case where a clueless CA issues the
> same serial number (which is definitely an error, but how will you
> handle it?), etc.

Are there any additional steps necessary to verifying the issuer
apart from the normal peer authentication and a string compare of
the issuer name?

I guess I'll use the subject hash value as an additional check
to the serial number.

Cheers, Mark
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