Re: How to perform SSL certificate validation ?

[paseidon76 () yahoo com]

If you are using Java then IAIK library provides excellent support for everything you need to do with certificate 
validation.
http://jcewww.iaik.tu-graz.ac.at/

In addition to building a chain to a trusted root CA (which will need a trusted root store and all the intermediate CA 
certificates) you may want to verify if the CA's cert was revoked by the root. This can be done by OCSP request/ reply. 

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