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Re: multiple certification rules
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At 02:10 PM 6/5/97 -0400, Ben Wright wrote:
>It was just suggested that it would be undesirable to have
>multiple certificates to apply to a single key. Better to have
>multiple keys. Why's that?
The #1 reason in my mind is that a public key is a very good name for the
keyholder -- unique, easy to store and handle by computer, .... It is
therefore a good datum to use as a key in a relational database -- e.g., one
building dossiers on customer buying habits. If you want to frustrate dossier
building, then use different keys for each kind of authority you exercise. If
you don't care, then use one key for everything. ...your choice, IMHO.
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