Re: certificate chain and root CA question

2006-03-19 Thread michael Dorrian
Thank you both for your very helpful replies.Now i have tested a so called valid subCA. In my root CA and subCA configuration files(seperate configuration files) i have basic constraints set to "CA:True" exactly the same as the root certificate. But when i loaded my subCA which was signed by my roo

Re: certificate chain and root CA question

2006-03-17 Thread Dr. Stephen Henson
On Fri, Mar 17, 2006, Olaf Gellert wrote: > Dr. Stephen Henson wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 17, 2006, michael Dorrian wrote: > > > >> 1. Can a CA signed by the root CA act as a trusted CA itself?. > > > > Provided the root CA permits this... > > Actually I think: not. It seems to be impossible > to

Re: certificate chain and root CA question

2006-03-17 Thread Olaf Gellert
Olaf Gellert wrote: > This matters in cases, where a certificate hierarchy > has different CAs (eg operated by different organisations). > Right now it seems impossible to me to tell openca: === Typo, I meant "openssl". Olaf Gellert -- Dipl.Info

Re: certificate chain and root CA question

2006-03-17 Thread Olaf Gellert
Dr. Stephen Henson wrote: > On Fri, Mar 17, 2006, michael Dorrian wrote: > >> 1. Can a CA signed by the root CA act as a trusted CA itself?. > > Provided the root CA permits this... Actually I think: not. It seems to be impossible to evaluate a certificate only up to a subCA, openssl always re

Re: certificate chain and root CA question

2006-03-17 Thread Dr. Stephen Henson
On Fri, Mar 17, 2006, michael Dorrian wrote: > 1. Can a CA signed by the root CA act as a trusted CA itself?. Provided the root CA permits this... > 2. How does the certificate chain stop another client who has a > certificate signed by the same root authority as you acting as a trusted >