Le vendredi 25 avril 2014 13:46:51 UTC+2, Martin Paljak a écrit :
> On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 9:07 PM, Kathleen Wilson <kwil...@mozilla.com> wrote:
> > Also, we added a section to the wiki page to list some behavior changes that
> > could cause a website certificate to no longer validate with Firefox 31.
> > https://wiki.mozilla.org/SecurityEngineering/mozpkix-testing#Behavior_Changes
> 
> What is the rationale for this:
> 
> 4. Mozilla::pkix performs chaining based on issuer name alone, and
> does not require that issuer's subject key match the authority key
> info (AKI) extension in the certificate. Classic verification enforces
> the AKI restriction.

AKI is only a helper for certificate path building.
It's mandatory for CAs to issue certificates with matching keyIdentifiers 
(issued.AKI.keyIdentifier = issuer.SKI), but it's not mandatory for relying 
parties to verify that the values match.
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