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A comment on Fooling Go's X.509 Certificate Verification. Parent comment

Re:Fooling Go's X.509 Certificate Verification by NooneAtAll3 on Monday June 08, 2026 @09:57PM (#48455243)
if 2 fields are identical, why aren't they 1 field?
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Re:Fooling Go's X.509 Certificate Verification by woodruffw on Monday June 08, 2026 @10:17PM (#48455415)
They’re two different fields on different certificates. The issuer on the child needs to match the subject on the parent; every certificate has its own subject and issuer.
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