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Re: [pkix] A non-compliant use of the EKU extension in Mozilla's CA Certificate Policy Version 2.1.

Dr Stephen Henson <lists@drh-consultancy.co.uk> Wed, 20 February 2013 16:54 UTC

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On 20/02/2013 16:26, Erwann Abalea wrote:
> 
> They can define their own extension, like MS ApplicationPolicy, or NetscapeCertType.
> They can also rely on CertificatePolicies (which they do for EV certificates,
> and are starting to do for DV/OV).
> 

When this issue has come up before CertificatePolicies has often been mentioned
as an option but without many details.

How would this work in practice?

Steve.
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