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The authority key identifier extension provides a means of
identifying the public key corresponding to the private key used to
sign a certificate. This extension is used where an issuer has
multiple signing keys.
Usually, key identifier is the result of some hash
function applied to a issuer's public key. The obtained «Fingerprint»
is later used to identify the public key which certificate was signed with.
Declaration
Description
For more detailed information about this extension see AuthorityKeyIdentifierExtension class description.