Re: Why is localhost self-signed cert a CA cert?

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On 01/08/2013 05:07 PM, Gordon Messmer wrote:
> On 01/08/2013 11:49 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>> Why was this chosen?  Why is not -extensions v3_req used in the
>> certificate creation?
> Because it has to be able to sign itself?

I just checked a couple RFCs. If this is a root CA cert, of course it is 
self-signed. By definition.

But a self-signed server cert is not a CA root cert....


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