On Friday 23 Apr 2010 00:34:38 Peter Stuge wrote:
> Davide Brini wrote:
> > the serial number is just an (almost) arbitrarily large number. Why
> > would a CA choose such a serial number?
>
> In order to avoid a chosen-prefix collision that works among other
> things by predicting the serial numb
Davide Brini wrote:
> the serial number is just an (almost) arbitrarily large number. Why
> would a CA choose such a serial number?
In order to avoid a chosen-prefix collision that works among other
things by predicting the serial number of certificates generated by
the CA.
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