Depends on the implementation.  It's a topic that should be brought up.

However, I believe most implementations use a cert from the same CA
trust root that signed the server's certificate.

(And I'm conjecturing here, I haven't looked at OpenSSL's code for it yet.)

-Kyle H

On 3/7/06, Richard Salz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm looking to collect information on what various clients do when sent a
> cert request with no DN's.
>
> One possible reading of the spec is "send any cert you want," as opposed
> to anchored in the specified trust chain.
>
> Does it work that way in "real life"?
>
>         /r$
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