[CentOS] Why is localhost self-signed cert a CA cert?
Craig White
craig.white at ttiltd.com
Tue Jan 8 23:31:14 UTC 2013
On Jan 8, 2013, at 4:27 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> On 01/08/2013 05:07 PM, Gordon Messmer wrote:
>> On 01/08/2013 11:49 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>>> Why was this chosen? Why is not -extensions v3_req used in the
>>> certificate creation?
>> Because it has to be able to sign itself?
>
> I just checked a couple RFCs. If this is a root CA cert, of course it is
> self-signed. By definition.
>
> But a self-signed server cert is not a CA root cert....
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it is a CA root certificate if I say it is.
Craig
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