diff --git a/metropolis/pkg/pki/x509.go b/metropolis/pkg/pki/x509.go
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+// Copyright 2020 The Monogon Project Authors.
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package pki
+
+import (
+	"crypto"
+	"crypto/sha1"
+	"crypto/x509"
+	"crypto/x509/pkix"
+	"encoding/asn1"
+	"time"
+)
+
+var (
+	// From RFC 5280 Section 4.1.2.5
+	unknownNotAfter = time.Unix(253402300799, 0)
+)
+
+// Workaround for https://github.com/golang/go/issues/26676 in Go's crypto/x509. Specifically Go
+// violates Section 4.2.1.2 of RFC 5280 without this.
+// Fixed for 1.15 in https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/227098/.
+//
+// Taken from https://github.com/FiloSottile/mkcert/blob/master/cert.go#L295 written by one of Go's
+// crypto engineers
+//
+// TODO(lorenz): remove this once we migrate to Go 1.15.
+func calculateSKID(pubKey crypto.PublicKey) ([]byte, error) {
+	spkiASN1, err := x509.MarshalPKIXPublicKey(pubKey)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	var spki struct {
+		Algorithm        pkix.AlgorithmIdentifier
+		SubjectPublicKey asn1.BitString
+	}
+	_, err = asn1.Unmarshal(spkiASN1, &spki)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	skid := sha1.Sum(spki.SubjectPublicKey.Bytes)
+	return skid[:], nil
+}