On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 2:23 AM, Ben Laurie <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 24 February 2014 19:17, Phillip Hallam-Baker <[email protected]> wrote:
> > What exactly is a 'precertificate'. Either something is a cert or it is
> not.
> >
> > If it parses as an X.509v3 certificate then it is an X.509v3 certificate
> and
> > thats an end to it.
>
> Indeed, and a precertificate is a certificate. RFC 6962 defines what
> exactly it is.
>
> Not sure where you're going with this.


Ritual compliance with the existing PKIX spec.

Having two end entity certs with the same serial number is going to be a
problem.



> > If it is not then it is probably a CSR which would seem to be the
> existing
> > PKIX structure that fits its purpose.
>
> Not really - a precertificate needs to be signed.
>

CSRs are signed.

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