the issuer cn is the same as what field in the intermediary ca’s course hero

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Question

Is it possible to hide the real name of the server that issued a given certificate?

Answers

this is the source of the problem, because Issuer field is the same as the Subject field of issuer certificate. Since RootCA has self-signed certificate, you will have to setup required name in X500 Distinguished Name format, for example:

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The question seems to imply that the server does not trust the client; what other reason would there be to protect the server name?

What does it mean when a root certificate digitally signs an intermediate certificate?

When a root certificate digitally signs an intermediate certificate it is essentially transferring some of its trust to the intermediate. Because the signature comes directly from the trusted root certificate’s private key, it’s automatically trusted.

What is root CA certificate?

Let’s talk about intermediate and root CA certificates for a few minutes. SSL (or more accurately, TLS) is a technology that most end users know little to nothing about. Even the people acquiring it typically don’t know much beyond the fact they need an SSL certificate, and they have to install it on their server to serve their website via HTTPS.

Do CAs issue SSL certificates?

As stated above, Certificate Authorities do not issue server/leaf certificates (end user SSL certificates) directly off of their roots. Those roots are too valuable and there’s just too much risk. So, to insulate themselves, CAs generally issue what is called an intermediate root.