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What is the difference between SSL and X.509 Certificates?
I used openssl to create a X.509 certificate but I don't quite understand the relationship between a X.509 and a SSL certificate. Are they the same? Is a SSL certificate just a X.509 certificate that ...
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What is the difference between `extendedKeyUsage` and an application policy?
In some Microsoft articles like http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc731792%28v=ws.10%29.aspx, I find some confusing statements like
Application policies are sometimes called extended key ...
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Which extensions to use for a S/MIME certificate?
Analogously to the SSL server certificate question, which extensions should I use for S/MIME, and should the CA be restricted somehow as well?
(I'm using openssl, which at the moment creates CA and ...
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Extensions for SSL server certificate
I have some question about the X.509 v3 extensions. What extensions should appear in a proper certificate for a SSL server ?
