Ah. I did not understand that referenced by browser vendors meant
we were talking about inclusion in their canned trust stores. Thanks,
both of you.
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On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 07:23:54PM +0100, Erwann ABALEA wrote:
In order to be referenced by browser vendors (Opera comes to mind, and
I think Mozilla will require this), the serial number MUST be random
(or at least *appear* random from the outside).
Oh, now I'm curious. How do they test the
Hodie pr. Id. Ian. MMXI, Mark H. Wood scripsit:
On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 07:23:54PM +0100, Erwann ABALEA wrote:
In order to be referenced by browser vendors (Opera comes to mind, and
I think Mozilla will require this), the serial number MUST be random
(or at least *appear* random from the
On 1/12/2011 6:48 AM, Mark H. Wood wrote:
Oh, now I'm curious. How do they test the randomness of a single
sample? 1 is every bit as random (or nonrandom) as
0xdcb4a459f014617692d112f0942c89cb.
They don't validate the number itself, they validatet hat the method by
which the number was
Hodie III Id. Ian. MMXI, Peter Sylvester scripsit:
by using the command x509 and not ca for example.
you can use a serial number based on a date
seconds plus processid for example) to guarantee
uniqueness.
More on this. A serial number MUST be unique (by X.509 design), and
SHOULD be random
