Nelson Bolyard wrote: > However, IIRC, with either method of generating the certificate request, > after the CA subsequently issues the user's email cert, the user will > need to download/install the certificate. AFAIK, the only way, presently > supported in mozilla browsers, to do that download of the user's email > cert is the method you described above, using the MIME content type > application/x-x509-user-cert. There was another way in Netscape browsers, > that used a protocol named CMMF. But I believe that is no longer > supported. [I could be wrong] The second part of http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/JavaScript_crypto#Typical_use mentions the use of window.crypto.importUserCertificates(nickname, cert, forceBackup), which seems to me a cleaner approach for FF. Actually we intend to make use of it very soon, so I might tell you more about it soon ;-)
Anyway, I guess we are already off-topic, since this is not what he wants anyway... -- Regards Signer: Eddy Nigg, StartCom Ltd. <http://www.startcom.org> Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <xmpp:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Blog: Join the Revolution! <http://blog.startcom.org> Phone: +1.213.341.0390 _______________________________________________ dev-tech-crypto mailing list dev-tech-crypto@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-crypto
