I wrote Tuesday, 18 June, 2013 22:29:

> <snip> if [DH peer] is using the 
> other cert fields for anything, or relying on CA issuance of 
> the cert as a trust check, then you need the cert.
> 
> If you do need to create a cert yourself, <snip>
> Alternatively if the Java example is 
> getting the cert from a CA (maybe an internal e.g. company one) 
> you may need to do the same by instead creating a CSR and 
> submitting that to the CA.
> 
Sorry, that was habit. You can't do a (PKCS) CSR for DH,
since you can't sign to prove possession. Thus you may be 
unable to use a cert to propagate trust. You can use it 
to carry related data, or to apply available tools.


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