[xmlsec] X509 - does cert need to be included in XML?

Aleksey Sanin aleksey at aleksey.com
Fri Nov 14 16:26:51 PST 2008


Sorry, a typo: "signed certificate" should be "signing certificate".

Re "certificate subject" - I would suggest you to find and read
a good book about PKI and X509 certificates.

Aleksey

Mark Young wrote:
> I'm not sure I understand.  What do you mean by "signed" cert and 
> certificate subject?
> 
>  > Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 12:16:17 -0800
>  > From: aleksey at aleksey.com
>  > To: ccgenealogy at hotmail.com
>  > CC: xmlsec at aleksey.com
>  > Subject: Re: [xmlsec] X509 - does cert need to be included in XML?
>  >
>  > You can refer to "signed" cert using certificate subject, etc.
>  > But some reference MUST present.
>  >
>  > Aleksey
>  >
>  > Mark Young wrote:
>  > > I've been verifying signed XML documents using an X509 chain, and I've
>  > > found that the verification is only successful if the actual signing
>  > > certificate is provided in the XML. The other certificates in the 
> chain
>  > > can just be placed in the keys manager. Is there a way for the
>  > > verification to succeed with all the certificates in the keys manager,
>  > > without requiring any to be included in the signed XML document? Mike
>  > >
>  > > 
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