Mahesh Anantharaman wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> HELP!!!!
> When I just use the root ca(vsign1.pem) and do not add my public trusted ca
> in the file.
> The program is saying verification successful.
> What does it mean.
>
It means the signature on the message is valid (it has not been tampered
with) and the certificate is valid. That is the signature is OK it
hasn't expired and the root CA is trusted (and a few other tests
besides).
> And how will I avoid the verification of root ca. I want it to stop after
> verifying my public ca.
>
The verification of the root CA is part of the verification process
itself you can disable the certificate verification using various flags
but there's is usually reason to.
Steve.
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