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In cryptography and computer security, a root certificate is either an unsigned public key certificate or a self-signed certificate that identifies the Root Certificate Authority (CA). A root certificate is part of a public key infrastructure scheme.

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Provide own root-certificate for HTTPS-connection?

currently my app connects to a (special) webserver via HTTP to retrieve some data from there via GET/POST and HttpClient. Now I plan to switch over to HTTPS. My problem: the webpage I'm communicating with uses a CACert root certificate which is not…
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Windows Phone 7 - can not load certificate in C# code

I'm creating app to WP7 which connecting to web server. I have server root certifcate on my app which I need to read in my application to compare the whole certifacte path, ect. Here is my code to read the file: var resourceStream =…
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SSL Certificate - What is the use of the private key in a root certificate?

I am new to Cryptogrphy, HTTPS and SSL !!! If i am not wrong , the private key of an End Entity certificate (certificate issued by trusted CA like Verisign) is used to decrypt the information sent by the client ! But does a root certificate also…
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can we issue create ssl certificate under Root CA does not have Extended key use(Server Authentication)

I have create one Root Certificate,Intermediate CA and SSl Certificate with below attribute. Root Certificate: Extended Key Usage (Client Authentication, TimeStamping) Intermediate CA Extended Key Usage (Server Authentication,Client…
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Why root CA can be verified only by OS ( and not by applications )

I got a hint somewhere that applications can't verify the root CA ( only OS can ). I would like to get answers to the following points : a) Is it true that only OS can verify the root CA? b) (If yes ) Why can't applications ( specially web browsers…
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