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Re: [saag] subordinate vs intermediate certification authority

Michael Richardson <mcr+ietf@sandelman.ca> Sat, 06 February 2021 20:49 UTC

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Subject: Re: [saag] subordinate vs intermediate certification authority
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Viktor Dukhovni <ietf-dane@dukhovni.org> wrote:
    > The NIST terminology mentioned in this thread makes intermediate a
    > subclass of subordinate, where intermediate CAs issue subordinate CA
    > certs, rather than end-entity certs.

Yes, this comment made me go back and re-read the definition again, and a
light went on.

    > My take is that the terminology is all over the place, and I mostly
    > don't care, but where you need to be precise, you need to carefully
    > state the definitions that hold in your document...

It sure seems like might be a place where doing it once (in a new document) might help.

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