Re: Smart Card and WebCrypto (Re: On the future of <keygen> and application/x-x509-*-cert MIME handling)
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On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 12:10 PM, Anne van Kesteren <annevk-6shE6wEKUUpmR6Xm/[email protected]> wrote: > it seems they're not using <keygen> either, so that solution was probably > not sufficient either way. > At least in Spain, <keygen> is the only way to generate a key pair inside smartcard (using Firefox) before sending PKCS#10 to CA. Then, you go to the office to verify your identity and when done you can download the X509 cert inside the card. Hence you have "qualified signature", to be able to do taxes/whatever online. Anyhow, I would love to know, if <keygen> removal its going to happen, when it will be. 4Q-2015? 2Q-2016? Regards