what is the point of aps.cer?

[Mike Kerner]

in the new APNS regime, you have to create an aps.cer file, but it does not
seem like it is ever used in APNS. You use your .k8 file to do the work,
and i don't see the aps.cer file being bundled or otherwise accessed,
afterwards. you don't compile your app with it, either.

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