On Mar 7, 2013, at 9:37 AM, Ian Pilcher wrote:

> On 03/07/2013 08:28 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't see why you'd expect a
>> different result.  That leaves you with no way to validate the server's
>> own certificate.
> 
> I don't follow.  Why would the server need to validate it's own
> certificate?

What Tom said works for me.  Here is a page that gives an example and I think 
it demonstrates that the root CA does not allow everybody in the gate, the 
chain has to be in place:
 
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1456034/trouble-understanding-ssl-certificate-chain-verification
You can use the "openssl verify" command to test that the root is not wide open 
on it's own.

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