C. D. Rok wrote:
b) A certificate has a unique identifier (a "name") and all that the certificate ensures is that the combination of certificate issuer identification and the name associated with the certificate is unique.
Paradigm (b) is what we must accept and learn to work with.
Names by themselves aren't in most cases unique, unless you're refering to some abstract suggestion of making them unique some how, such as a combination of name + email address, or name + email + govt ID #...
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