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From: Devorah
Subject: What does certification prove?
Date: 10 Tishrei 5782


Following the founding discussion, I have implementation questions.

My system will receive certificates. It will verify signatures. It will check that the certificate was issued by an authority I recognize, under a policy I trust.

Questions:

1. After verification succeeds, what has been proven? 2. What claims can I make to downstream systems? 3. What should my API return?

The cryptography tells me the signature is valid. It does not tell me what the signature means.


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