Re: Agenda: <keygen> being destroyed when we need it
Kingsley Idehen <[email protected]> Fri, 4 Sep 2015 15:28:18 -0400
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On 9/2/15 6:25 PM, Harry Halpin wrote: > If your request is to keep <keygen> *until* FIDO is in browsers, I > think that's reasonable, although the user-base of people > authenticating with client certificates is quite small. However, it is > also reasonable to warn developers that it will be deprecated soon, > and that new protocols or products should *not* depend on <keygen>. Harry, Why does it have to be one or the other? Choice is fundamental to any pursuit of openness. Let users and/or developers choose their preferences from a pool of choices. -- Regards, Kingsley Idehen Founder & CEO OpenLink Software Company Web: http://www.openlinksw.com Personal Weblog 1: http://kidehen.blogspot.com Personal Weblog 2: http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen Twitter Profile: https://twitter.com/kidehen Google+ Profile: https://plus.google.com/+KingsleyIdehen/about LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/kidehen Personal WebID: http://kingsley.idehen.net/dataspace/person/kidehen#this
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