[Acme] Revocation: why not cert serial number?

Yaron Sheffer <yaronf.ietf@gmail.com> Sun, 26 July 2015 05:36 UTC

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Subject: [Acme] Revocation: why not cert serial number?
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(Resending, sorry about the HTML mail)

The title says it all. People have been using serial numbers for ages to 
identify the cert (and yes, we all know the problems with revocation). 
Why not keep it like that?

Thanks,
     Yaron