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Re: Path validation and self-signed certificates



> This makes path discovery even harder than it was before. If we
> require that self-signed certificates be forbidden or ignored in
> PKIX path validation, none of this will be a concern.
> 

Why does PKIX need to say something that is essentially
already in X.509? Aren't self-signed certificates of type a)
ignored for path validation in X.509?