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CA certificate
(I) "A [digital] certificate for one CA issued by another CA."
[X509]
(C) That is, a digital certificate whose holder is able to issue
digital certificates. A v3 X.509 public-key certificate may have a
"basicConstraints" extension containing a "cA" value that
specifically "indicates whether or not the public key may be used
to verify certificate signatures."