Wan-Teh Chang wrote, On 2008-09-29 10:18: > On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 12:17 PM, Nelson B Bolyard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Subrata Mazumdar wrote, On 2008-09-27 06:33: >>> Actually, the problem is even worse - some of the applications use >>> unencrypted private key >> That is precisely why NSS does not support PKCS#8 files. Applications >> that generate private keys and then just leave them lying around in >> unprotected files are having fun with cryptography, but aren't serious >> about security. NSS is serious about security. > > I am very interested in the secure solution to this problem: how to > manage a large number of servers easily.
What about that problem necessitates the use of PKCS#8? On what stone is it chiseled that servers must read private keys from PKCS#8 files every time they start up? _______________________________________________ dev-tech-crypto mailing list dev-tech-crypto@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-crypto
