Re: [pkix] What is certificate issuance?

Peter Bowen <pzbowen@gmail.com> Tue, 14 March 2017 14:02 UTC

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Subject: Re: [pkix] What is certificate issuance?
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On Thu, Mar 9, 2017 at 2:43 AM, pkix <pkix@inbox.lv> wrote:
> The term "issuance" is used throughout the standards,
> but is nowhere defined (can you prove me wrong?).
>
> At what point does the certificate gets issued?
>
> What distinguishes issued certificate from non-issued?

My personal answer is the action of signing the certificate is
_issuance_.  A non-issued certificate is one that does not have a
valid signature.