[1169] in WWW Security List Archive
Re: browsers with public key authentication?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Doug Rosenthal)
Fri Nov 10 19:56:11 1995
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 1995 16:03:08 -0600
From: Doug Rosenthal <rosenthl@krypton.einet.net>
To: wwilson@umich.edu
CC: www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
In-reply-to: <Pine.PCW.3.91.951110083644.4038D@waynepc95.med.umich.edu> (message from Wayne Wilson on Fri, 10 Nov 1995 08:38:19 -0800 (PST))
Errors-To: owner-www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
Wayne> On Thu, 9 Nov 1995, Doug Rosenthal wrote:
>> The TradeWave winWeb and MacWeb browsers perform public key
>> authentication of the user/client, as well as the server
>> (i.e. mutual authentication). The browsers/server are based on
>> the NorTel Entrust product, which provides a public-key version
>> of the GSS-API.
>>
Wayne> Two Questions: Are these available for trial downloading?
Non-secure versions of the latest browsers (2.0 beta) are available
for evaluation, although on a selective basis (i.e. not yet for
general public downloading).
Wayne> Do you have any idea on when Nortel will support X.509v3?
Wayne> I havn't been able to get an answer to that yet.
Entrust 2.0 will support v3 certificates, as well as multi-CA
environments (e.g. cross-certification); it's due for release by the
end of the year.
- Doug
