Perhaps, Eddy, StartCom's roots were only approved for SSL Certificate
Authority.  Did you not include a request for Email or Software
Development bits?

-Kyle H

On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 11:11 AM, Eddy Nigg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 09/17/2008 09:01 PM, Nelson Bolyard:
>> I wouldn't call it a "known issue with Mozilla based products".
>> It's a requirement of the SSL/TLS specifications.
>
> That's correct.
>
>> It's an issue with servers that are not configured to conform to those
>> specifications.
>
> Right, but as I mentioned elsewhere, this educational exercise costs
> some of the CAs using chained CA certificates (as recommended by
> Mozilla) to loose customers (just watch for some promotional adds like
> "issued directly from CA root" and such stuff...some users just turn
> away and use a different CA instead because it "doesn't work" and shows
> "not trusted")
>
>>>
>>> SSL Server Certificate
>>> Email Signer Certificate
>>> Email Recipient Certificate
>>> SSL Certificate Authority
>>> Status Responder Certificate
>  >
>> That's what PSM shows for roots, Eddy.  I imagine you're expecting it
>> to say something like "Email Certificate Authority" and "Object Signing
>> Certificate Authority".  I agree it should.  But it's a PSM UI issue,
>> I believe.
>
> I expect to see "SSL Certificate Authority" as then only purpose, the
> same which I see for the StartCom roots.
>
>
> --
> Regards
>
> Signer: Eddy Nigg, StartCom Ltd.
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> Blog:   https://blog.startcom.org
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