Eddy Nigg (StartCom Ltd.) wrote:
> Nelson Bolyard wrote:
>> Regarding TurkTrust, if (as they say) the test certs come from a CA
>> that chains up a separate, untrusted root, then all is well.  But
>> perhaps you could ask for a test cert and its chain, just to make sure
>> it doesn't chain up to a to-be-trusted root?
> In my opinion this is not enough, but as I indicated previously, the CA
> policy and practice statements must be very clear in that respect.
> Nobody else is to blame afterwards if it remains as is, because it's in
> the CPS. Even if today the unvalidated certificates are issued from a
> different root, it can be issued in the future from the root in the NSS
> store, because that's what their CPS says today.

Thank you for that clarification, Eddy!

I appreciate your thoroughness!
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