[CentOS] Why is localhost self-signed cert a CA cert?

On 01/08/2013 06:31 PM, Craig White wrote:
> 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....
> ----
> it is a CA root certificate if I say it is.

Fine. Be that way. But then you still need a server cert to use in the 
SSL default virtual host.

Root certs are for signing other certs, not for using directly in 
applications.