> The signature on a certificate is made using the key of its parent CA. So 
> that means that the parent CA uses an RSA key and not an ECDSA key.

I thought the spec says the cert should be signed with the same key type.  Not 
sure which spec, sadly. :(  And that consensus was that this is a mistake.

        /r$

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