Anders Rundgren: > Hi Guys, > By accident I found this link while Googling for Safari and keygen: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg10389.html > > Although KeyGen [sort of] works it is dated function which is misaligned > with the world as it looks today. > > Among glaring omissions I would include: > - No support for PINs and associated policies > - No support for TPMs > - No support for key management > > I am pretty sure that Microsoft would not consider implementing KeyGen > since their own CertEnroll is much better. > > The only thing that could "normalize" this is a new effort, addressing > the short-comings of KeyGen and generateCRMFRequest ( > http://demo.webpki.org/mozkeygen ) > > However, I believe it would be a mistake to add this to HTML5 because > key generation is really an "external application" that has nothing to > do with HTML except that it is typically launched from an HTML page. >
The keygen tag is used widely and Mozilla supports smart cards with the associated PIN excellent. -- Regards Signer: Eddy Nigg, StartCom Ltd. Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Blog: https://blog.startcom.org _______________________________________________ dev-tech-crypto mailing list dev-tech-crypto@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-crypto
