Questions about signing an intermediate CA

Michael Leone turgon at mike-leone.com
Wed Feb 12 19:34:56 UTC 2020


On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 2:22 PM Michael Wojcik <
Michael.Wojcik at microfocus.com> wrote:

> > From: openssl-users [mailto:openssl-users-bounces at openssl.org] On
> Behalf Of Michael Leone
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2020 11:59
>
> > ... the only CA I have is the root, so that is what I will be signing
> with.
>
> This is incorrect. A CA is not a certificate. A CA is an organization or
> individual who controls one or more root certificates, and possibly one or
> more intermediate certificates.
>

Even though I used what might be the wrong terms, I'm sure you knew what I
meant ...
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