[security-dev 00882]: Re: CR 6847459 Created, P3 java/classes_secu Allow trust anchor self-issued intermediate version 1 and version 2 certificate

[Xuelei Fan]

Florian Weimer wrote:
> What does self-issued mean?  Is it the same as self-signed?  Wouldn't
> it break the chain in that case?
>
>   
Self-issued certificates are those certificates in which the subject and 
issuer are the same entity. Self-signed certificate is a sub type of 
self-issued certificate, where the key bound to the certificate is also 
used to sign the certificate.

None-self-signed certificate could be one intermediate CA certificate 
inside of a certification path.

There is a blog, 
http://blogs.sun.com/xuelei/entry/undertanding_self_issued_certificate, 
talking about a few notes about self-issued certificates.

Xuelei