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by raverbashing 1697 days ago
The keys are revocable and replaceable (and it was probably a member state set of keys), so it shouldn't be too big of a deal
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Are you suggesting that a few hundreds millions certificate shall be re-issued, distributed either in person, or per email, or even per post for some countries? Sounds easy :-)
Depends on how many certificates become invalid now.
Yeah, if half-smart, certificates should expire relatively frequently to contain damage in such a scenario.