On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 03:02:22PM +0100, Hubert Kario wrote:

> > DANE TLSA PKIX-TA(0) records can designate the digest of a trust
> > anchor selected by the server operator.  When TLS server transmits
> > a corresponding certificate chain it may not be safe to replace
> > that chain with a shorter chain, because the shorter chain may not
> > employ the designated trust anchor, causing DANE TLSA checks to
> > fail.
> 
> But then why would you use the PKIX chain builder with system root store?

With certificate usage PKIX-TA(0) that's exactly what one is supposed
to do.  You're confusing PKIX-TA(0) with DANE-TA(2).

> If you use DANE with CA digest, then the server needs to send all
> certificates, so you just need to validate the chain you have - you don't
> have

See above.

-- 
        Viktor.
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