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
