On 06/09/16 15:10, Peter Gutmann wrote:
<snip>
> Why would a public CA even need cross-certification from other CAs?

To inherit trust on legacy platforms that don't have an automatic root
update mechanism.

-- 
Rob Stradling
Senior Research & Development Scientist
COMODO - Creating Trust Online

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