[IETF-PKIX] Multiple certificates for same key?

[Stefan Kelm <kelm@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Folks,

I haven't had the time to browse through all the different latest drafts, I'm
afraid. Having had some discussions concerning the German digital signature
law, however, a question occured to me: Is a CA allowed to issue two (or
more) certificates for a single end-entity's public key? If yes, this could
lead to big problems, especially in terms of liability of the CA. If
not, shouldn't this be specified somewhere?

Sorry if this topic already has been discussed.

Cheers,

        Stefan.

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