Can a SSL certificate be signed by multiple certificate authorities?
It would be nice to spread the trust around a bit, so we don't have to rely on just one root in any instance. Is it possible to have a single certificate signed by more than one CA? No, the X509 certificate format up to version 3 is designed to contain exactly one signature. Yes, it is possible. You can find an example here: http://www.confusedamused.com/notebook/fixing-verisign-certificates-on-windows-servers/ jww Can a SSL certificate be signed by multiple certificate authorities? It depends, but mostly NO. It depends on the PKI being used. There are two widespread PKIs used, and neither of