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Re: Client Certificate UI for Chrome?

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (James A. Donald)
Sun Aug 9 10:07:46 2009

Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:11:11 +1000
From: "James A. Donald" <jamesd@echeque.com>
Reply-To: jamesd@echeque.com
To: Thomas Hardjono <hardjono@MIT.EDU>
CC: Ben Laurie <benl@google.com>, 
 Cryptography <cryptography@metzdowd.com>
In-Reply-To: <1249593852.abBf4EBb.1090084CCEFE8EA8A94499391B96064A1B24D3DA90558@w92expo4.exchange.mit.edu>

Thomas Hardjono wrote:
> Having worked at a large CA for along time (trying to push for client-side certs with little luck), here are some thoughts on what Chrome could provide:

There are use cases where a centralized authority is useful.
Client side is not one of them.

Typical usage is "is this client one of our gang?".
Obviously the CA just gets in the way.


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