Re: removing keygen from HTML

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On 30 May 2016 at 11:40, Chaals McCathie Nevile <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> there is an open issue [1] and open call for consensus [2] to remove
> keygen from HTML. Since the TAG, or its members, appear to have opinions
> about our spec, we'd be grateful to hear them.
>

KEYGEN is in use.  My understanding from reading various threads on this is
that, from the perspective of the free software and open source community,
it should only be deprecated / removed, when an adequate replacement (eg
from FIDO) becomes available.


>
> cheers
>
> Chaals
>
> [1] https://github.com/w3c/html/issues/43
> [2] http://www.w3.org/mid/[email protected]
>
> --
> Charles McCathie Nevile - web standards - CTO Office, Yandex
>  [email protected] - - - Find more at http://yandex.com
>
>

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te">On 30 May 2016 at 11:40, Chaals McCathie Nevile <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<=
a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">chaals@yandex-tea=
m.ru</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"ma=
rgin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi folks,<br>
<br>
there is an open issue [1] and open call for consensus [2] to remove keygen=
 from HTML. Since the TAG, or its members, appear to have opinions about ou=
r spec, we&#39;d be grateful to hear them.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><=
div>KEYGEN is in use.=C2=A0 My understanding from reading various threads o=
n this is that, from the perspective of the free software and open source c=
ommunity, it should only be deprecated / removed, when an adequate replacem=
ent (eg from FIDO) becomes available.=C2=A0 <br></div><div>=C2=A0</div><blo=
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cc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<br>
cheers<br>
<br>
Chaals<br>
<br>
[1] <a href=3D"https://github.com/w3c/html/issues/43" rel=3D"noreferrer" ta=
rget=3D"_blank">https://github.com/w3c/html/issues/43</a><br>
[2] <a href=3D"http://www.w3.org/mid/[email protected]" rel=
=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">http://www.w3.org/mid/op.yhs220oos7agh9@w=
idsith.local</a><span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888"><br>
<br>
-- <br>
Charles McCathie Nevile - web standards - CTO Office, Yandex<br>
=C2=A0<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">chaals@yan=
dex-team.ru</a> - - - Find more at <a href=3D"http://yandex.com" rel=3D"nor=
eferrer" target=3D"_blank">http://yandex.com</a><br>
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