> Issuer and subject number should also be unique, and it's a common
> search pattern.  I don't think anyone searches on the hash of the
> entire certificate.

Not true.  I've searched on the hash of the certificate when we are 
producing certificates that must maintain privacy and therefore have
garbage in the Issuer and Subject fields.



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