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It's been around since ~2008 when rfc5280 was released.

But it's long been stuck in a cycle of "CAs won't issue name-constrained certificates because not all clients support it properly" and "Clients don't bother to support it properly because CAs won't issue name-constrained certificates"

And even if today's clients all support it properly - there will always be some users running ancient smart TVs and android phones that haven't received a software update in a decade.



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