NDSPKI:Certificate Chain

Defines a multi-valued attribute that contains all the public key certificates that chain back to the root authority.

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For help in understanding the attribute definition template, see Reading NDS Attribute Type Definitions.

Two bytes of chaining data preceding each certificate.

  • If the first byte is nonzero, the certificate is the root certificate. If it is zero, the certificate is nested in the chain.

  • The second byte contains an index that specifies where the current certificate belongs in the chain. One indicates the first certificate; two, the second; etc.