On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 09:37:42AM +1000, James A. Donald wrote:
Email client generates private/public keypair. Sends public key to CA server. CA server certifies that the owner of the private key corresponding to this public key is capable of receiving email at the address, emails certificate it back to ostensible email address.
On 2011-09-22 8:35 PM, Paul Walker wrote:
User changes email client, or has two clients on different machines. Second certificate is received by CA server. Does it now certify both keys?
Sure - what the certificate is a certificate of is that the holder of the corresponding private key can receive email at this address. He should have as many certificates as he has email clients.
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