Is a specialized CA necessary to generate PROFINET-specific extensions in a certificate?
Posted: 22 Aug 2025, 09:58
Is a specialized CA necessary to generate PROFINET-specific extensions in a certificate?
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No, a special CA is not required (off-the-shelf OpenSSL does the job), despite the PN-specific extensions. Caveat: one has to accept that the CA signs extensions it cannot check semantically.Webinar_Question wrote: ↑22 Aug 2025, 09:58 Is a specialized CA necessary to generate PROFINET-specific extensions in a certificate?