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Re: [TLS] Verifying X.509 Certificate Chains out of order

Axel.Heider@gi-de.com Tue, 07 October 2008 10:24 UTC

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Subject: Re: [TLS] Verifying X.509 Certificate Chains out of order
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> I'd say modify it, in fact I'm not sure what the rationale for requiring 

> ordering was in the original spec, "it's tidier that way" doesn't strike 
me as 
> a good argument :-).

Consider TLS on low-end or embeddede devices with limited ressources. 
Walking through the chain becomes difficult or even impossible if 
there is no order. 

regards, 
Axel Heider
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