Collective posting to save list-space. Aka "green" posting :-) Eddy Nigg wrote: >> i.e. the concept of "Web Signing"?
>What is this supposed to be? Perhaps I missed it? Ian G wrote: >What is "Web Signing?" >And, what are the requirements? As I wrote in my previous "Slamming S/MIME" posting, maybe some 10M people are already using this, albeit with entirely proprietary software. The difference with this concept compared to S/MIME is that it is based on a user and service on the web. What does that match? Well, On-line banking, C2G services, in-house workflow systems, purchasing system, and thousands of variants of cloud computing services. Since it is based on the web, encryption comes at no cost and [almost] no thrills. Regarding Ian's very valid question what the requirements this is [sort of] the fun part: Since nobody has been able to specify what they and why they want it, I have essentially defined all this by myself! Or to be more correct, I have designed a scheme and then asked a few people if it would work for them. Ian G wrote: >And, why do I feel that this will be something we'll return to in 5 years ;) A bunch of people will certainly do that while putting the self-reflecting question: Why did we pass on this one, allowing a single moron defining the stuff that everybody uses? As we say in Sweden: Don't take it as a threat - Take it as a promise :-) :-) There are some pathetic actions within ETSI and BSI to come up with a "challenger" but it will surely be an over-specified (German influences...) monstrosity that it will die under its own weight. Sincerely Anders Rundgren _______________________________________________ dev-tech-crypto mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-crypto
