Re: [TLS] TLS 1.2 hash agility

Mike <mike-list@pobox.com> Thu, 27 September 2007 17:21 UTC

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>> Remember that the signature over
>> the client's certificate and CertificateVerify is for the client's 
>> benefit, not the servers, and vice versa....
> 
> I thought that the signature over the client's certificate
> was to prove to the server that you have the corresponding
> private key, and therefore that you are the entity named in
> the certificate (and deserve access to private information
> about that entity).

Oops, I meant signature in CertificateVerify.

Mike

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