Paul Hoffman wrote:
> [...]
> For this to work, Microsoft path validation also checks that the end
> certificate is consistent with the EKU property of the root. This part
> adds to X.509 and rfc 3280bis.

:s/adds to/conflicts with/

 > [...]
> The normal case is that the root certificate does not have any EKU
> extension and that all EKU's are expressed as parameters set by Microsoft.

It would be good if the page
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/security/news/rootcert.mspx?mfr=true
was written in a way that makes that *clearly* the preferred method.
_______________________________________________
dev-tech-crypto mailing list
dev-tech-crypto@lists.mozilla.org
https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-crypto

Reply via email to