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+@subheading On verification
+Responses are typically signed/issued by designated certificates or
+certificate authorities and thus this tool requires on verification
+the certificate of the issuer or the full certificate chain in order to
+determine the appropriate signing authority. The specified certificate
+of the issuer is assumed trusted.