Hi Peter, On Fri, Sep 07, 2007 at 08:10:23PM +0200, Alexander Klink wrote: > > While I can see the same use here, it seems you are saying anyone could > > have a look at certificates on your system, while cookies generally are > > limited to viewing by the issuing domain. What I don't understand is if > > there is a simple of knowing what certificate to ask for? For this to be > No, you can't really 'ask' for a certificate - the user chooses it > (or, in this case, the browser does so automatically). Hmmm, I stand corrected (from Erik, who else? ;-). TLS actually allows the server to ask for a specific type and/or CA.
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