Take a look at subject key identifiers...

On Mon, 2009-10-19 at 14:35 +0200, Steffen DETTMER wrote:
> * Arno Garrels wrote on Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 16:10 +0200:
> > > > Why are issuers looked up by subject at all?
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > Because that's what the standards (X.509, RFC3280 et al) require.
> > 
> > Ah ok, but shouldn't name duplicates be taken into account when
> > issuers are looked up, even though that might result in worse
> > performance?   
> 
> I guess having duplicated Distinguished Names is wrong.
> 
> oki,
> 
> Steffen


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