Re: Client Certificate UI for Chrome?

2009-08-26 Thread Ben Laurie
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 6:35 PM, Peter Gutmannpgut...@cs.auckland.ac.nz wrote: More generally, I can't see that implementing client-side certs gives you much of anything in return for the massive amount of effort required because the problem is a lack of server auth, not of client auth.  If I'm

a crypto puzzle about digital signatures and future compatibility

2009-08-26 Thread Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn
Folks: My brother Nathan Wilcox asked me in private mail about protocol versioning issues. (He was inspired by this thread on cryptography@metzdowd.com [1, 2, 3]). After rambling for a while about my theories and experiences with such things, I remembered this vexing