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What certificate information links it to the certificate following it in a certificate chain?

April 26, 2017Certificate chain LINKS

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What certificate information links it to the certificate following it in a certificate chain?

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• A certificate contains (among other things) a subject name and an issuer name. The issuer name identifies the CA that issued the certificate. The subject name, on the other hand, is the identity of the subject that owns the public key in the certificate. That is, the issuer name in certificate 1 in a chain must be identical to the subject name in certificate 2 in the chain. It continues in the following way: The issuer name in certificate 2 in the chain must be identical to the subject name in certificate 3 in the chain, etc.