Right, I realize it doesn't have to be sent, my questions are why is it sent and is there a way to force OpenSSL to not send it?
You may have answered the first question as to "why?". But is OpenSSL doing this just to make problems easier to diagnose? Are there other reasons? More importantly, can I force OpenSSL to not send the root cert? Thanks, Jason ________________________________ From: Sam Roberts <vieuxt...@gmail.com> Sent: Friday, May 31, 2019 7:32 PM To: Jason Schultz Cc: openssl-users@openssl.org Subject: Re: OpenSSL server sending certificate chain(inc. root cert) during handshake The root cert is not used for validation, so it doesn't have to be sent. However, sending it does no harm, and it is useful for humans who are attempting to diagnose problems, it allows them to see what what root cert they are expected to have locally for sucessful cert chain validation.
